Arrived - US Virgin Islands

After fourteen days, if you include the time hiding out in Beaufort, and 1450 miles of sailing, calms, gales and just great sailing days, we are here. We found a mooring ball in the bay outside Santa Cruz, St John and, remarkably, managed to pick up the mooring line first try in the pitch darkness.

A fabulous trip, and now we are in a fabulous place. The crew won't quite appreciate it until dawn, when the sun will reveal these islands to us. Apart from the stress of navigating in the dark, arriving at night is very cool.

Photo of our marlin from this morning. No more fish, sigh.

All's well, and we're here. N.