Charlette Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI

We had a great sail to St. Thomas from Culebra with SE winds at 12-14 kts and 1-2 ' seas.

A tanker along the way to St. Thomas. That is Culebra in the background just in front of the tanker.

Some of Charlette Amalie as we entered the harbor.

The harbor from a bus as we returned from shopping. Liquor is duty free here and about half price.

This is a cruise ship destination and there are usually 2 to 3 coming in and out every day so the anchorage is a bit rolly at times.


Sunset in Charlette Amalie.

We met up with most of the boats that we had sailed with off and on along the way here in Charlette Amalie and promptly got together for boat drinks and story telling. It is good to visit again with the "Luperon Class of 2009" as we now call ourselves. The group includes Opel, Sasura, Loafers Glory, Te Oigo, LaLa, Sarabande, Markelle, Central Park, and of course Moondance.

Wishing everyone a great Holiday season.

On to Culebra, PR

We finally got going and left Salinas for the east coast of PR. After a couple of days in Bahia de Jobos we sailed on to Patillas, a little fishing village and got stuck there because of weather for six days. There is not much to do in Patillas so reading , walking to the grocery store and having a cold beer with the locals sums up our stay in Patillas.

Anchored in Patillas.

The weather broke and we headed for the east coast of PR.

On our way to Green Beach on Vieques Island. From there we sailed to Cayo Icacos for the night and left bright and early for Culebra.

Carolyn baked this carob cake in her pressure cooker while in Culebra and it was very good.

Culebra as we entered Encenata Bay.


Culebra from Moondance. Culebra was an interesting place. It reminded us of sort of a hippy hangout. Most businesses were owned by and frequented by old hippies and boat people. I believe there were more gringos in Dewy (the town) than Puerto Ricans.