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Hi Everyone! Wow, we had quite a day! We started out this morning anchored at Treasure Point on Norman Island where the water was absolutely stunning and there was a tallship anchored just off our stern. As we pulled anchor at around 7am and headed out of the anchorage we hoisted the mainsail under ideal conditions… a brilliantly blue sky with a fresh breeze of about 10-12 knots right out of the East… a beam reach all the way to Tortola, it doesn’t get much better than that!
The water under ‘Sophisticated Lady’ at Treasure Point
Tallship off our stern at anchor Halfway across we started hearing people on the radio trying to flag down the ‘Canadian Warships’ outside of Road Harbour… Canadian Warships outside of Road Harbour?? What the heck were Warships doing in the BVI’s let alone Canadian ones! Sure enough on the horizon there were some large grey structures moving slowly across the South side of Tortola. We saw Warships 700 and 704 pull into Road Harbour and tie up to the cruise ship dock, just as we pulled alongside Warship 707 which had been waiting at the entrance for her queue to enter the harbour. She started underway and the two of us made our way straight into Road Harbour side by side with the all hands of 707 on deck in full uniform, it was quite a spectacular sight early in the morning with the sun still low on the horizon.
Canadian Warship 707 heading into Road Harbour We had to stop shortly after to lower our sails before we could go any further into the harbour so we watched as 707 slid by and proceeded to raft up with the other 2 ships already at the dock. As we passed by them on our way into the anchorage we gave them all a couple ‘toots’ of our signal horn and got a big round of waves from our fellow Canadians… very cool!
All 3 ships tied up at the cruise ship dock in Road Harbour, Tortola, BVI’s
‘Sophisticated Lady’ posing proudly beside her fellow Canadian’s
Both of my ‘Sophisticated Ladies’ posing in front of the Canadian Warships! It wasn’t long after we set our anchor the ships had their dinghies in the water… I was downstairs working on the computer when I heard “Hello fellow Canadians!” from outside the boat. We stuck our heads out and sure enough, there were 2 of the Warship dinghies with smiling crews waving at us! Turns out there are quite a few sailors from Newfoundland onboard and when they saw our brand new Newfoundland flag flying on ‘Sophisticated Lady’ they just had to come over and say hi! We chatted for quite a while as they asked us about our travels aboard ‘Sophisticated Lady’ having sailed her all the way from Canada as well. Looks like they’ll be in port for a few days so they even invited us to come by the ship for a few beers… hard to pass up an offer like that! We’re supposed to be heading to the US Virgin Islands today but may just have to adjust our schedule, lol. Oh well, such is life aboard a sailboat… have to be flexible! Cheers, |
