Jost Van Dyke to Virgin Gorda

 Virgin Gorda 

is the third-largest island (after Tortola and Anega) and second-most populous of the British Virgin Islands

Daily Update

• Weather: Same as it ever was
• Awesome snorkel with a truly professional snorkel / dive boat...top of the line 
• Almost everybody aboard ship went to the lunch BBQ, meaning we saw a lot of people for the first time
• The medivac emergency  of a few days ago was from a woman experiencing a seizure (something her husband said was "normal" and the ship doc recommend she be offloaded.
• It is possible that DB and THB will receive a credit for the unprofessional jetboat snorkel excursion per one of the onboard excursion coordinators (who was on today's snorkel)
• Very nice dinner at the French bistro

Two more days to go, 3 to be back in the Loft.

a model of the Legend, another WindStar ship, that DB, THB, DA, and SA will be boarding in early April. No sails...if we all agree it is a go

RF educates THB: radar signaler, not wind turbines

SS advises this is a flag flown to indicate the ship is at anchor,  something the Wind Surf does every day instead of tying  up to a dock

For you homeowners with leaky roofs, it is hard to find the source of the water entry. THB thinks ships are similar as there are now 5 or 6 buckets catching leaks in the lounge

not exactly the pic THBB wanted to take, it does show a few scuba tanks aboard our snorkel boat. After checking with the staff assistant, this is mainly a dive boat. Steve the cap'n, gets in the water without a snorkel and frequently free divess to 20 feet to point something  out on the ocean floor. A font of knowledge, he also adjusts THB's snorkel in about 3 seconds and his goop method for cleaning masks is the best yet. A+++ rating . 

Snorkel spot #1: clear water, not a lot of fish, perfectly calm, super easy to get in the water and back on  the  boat...THB thinks  this must be because it is designed for top heave divers with tanks and us snorkelers are lightweights in comparison

Cap'n Steve has been plying these waters for 18 years and the drop-off in that time has been immense and severe the last two years. Warming  water, acidification, pollution, poaching, overfishing...you name it, we humans have changed everything  below the surface.

No pic of spot #2. Very similar as the rocks go down about twenty feet and the ocean flattens our. 

At the beach BBQ, THB does his best baseball basic food groups: dawgs and brewski's...pretty god!

DB's appetizer: fig tart

THB's appetizer: sort of a tomato jam with toppings; he needs a spoon to eat it

Three of us have rack of lamb: THB finished up DB's bones 

Book Review

Charles Dickens, a Life, by Claire Tomalin (read by Alex Jennings, pub'd 2012): THB has read many of Tomalin's books, she is very good, and this one is no different.  Maybe best listened to by those of you who read one or more of Dickens's books, even if  you didn't like them. He was a cultural genius of his times and his private life is fascinating if a bit  challenging to keep track of all the many real individuals let alone all the main / notable characters from his many bestsellers. Recommended (may be reco plus if you fondly remember your Dickens readings). THB's fave: A Tale Of Two Cities, he believes was written by someone  else.