Goodbye Koshlong, hello Jack and Andy
Tamarisk
Wed 3 May 2006 23:58
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We are almost ready to leave the British Virgin
Isles for Bermuda. It's 850 miles and will take us about a week. We've had
to say some more goodbyes. We had a traditional British curry onboard
Tamarisk with Regina and Koshlong. Regina are going back to Sweden along the
same sort of route as we are taking. They left on Tuesday for Bermuda but we
should catch up with them there.
Koshlong are going North to Puerto Rico, the
Bahamas and then back home to Canada so it will be a bit longer before we see
them again. We first met Dan, Sue, Emma, Rachael and Chloe on Madeira. We'll
miss all of them. Anna really enjoyed having some cool girls to play with. Sue
was a regular participant in Penny's Pilates sessions and Dan has to be the most
professional performer on the SSB ever heard in Caribbean waters. Like us,
they are going back to restart school and careers. We hope very much to keep in
touch.
Wild Alliance are going to join Koshlong for a
couple of weeks before heading to Bermuda. We hope to meet them again in
the Azores.
And very happily, we have now been joined by Andy
Wilkinson and his son Jack, friends from Suffolk, for the trip to Bermuda.
Andy has been across the North Sea a couple of times already on
Tamarisk. Jack is in Anna's class at school and gets on really well with
Eddie. Today we went over to Virgin Gorda to check out with customs and
immigration and to go for a swim in the famous 'Baths'. These are seaside pools
formed by giant granite rocks. Andy, being a geologist, knows exactly what they
are and told us but, unfortunately, I glazed over after a bit. There are
big signs warning of fierce undertow. The children loved it.
We are planning to set off tomorrow. The forecast
is for very light winds so Tamarisk is loaded to the gunnels with
diesel. Diary entries for the next week or so will be by satellite and
short.
 Koshlong in Road Town, Tortola - Chloe, Sue,
Emma, Dan and Rachael
 Anna, Eddie and Jack in Spanish Town, Virgin
Gorda
 With Andy in the taxi on the way to the Baths,
Virgin Gorda
 In the surf at the Baths
 Andy refuses to stop working
 More crashing in the
surf
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