Not gonna tell you much about the history of the BVI in today’s blog posting

Not gonna tell you much about the biology of the ocean we went snorkeling in today

And the science behind sailing? You’re on your own tonight

I will tell you that you have to go a long way to find anyone with a British accent in the BVI.

But I will tell you we all love sailing under the tough but benevolent Captain Jeff on the Good Ship Casbah III. What a wonderful world it is!

Tonight’s posting, after that silliness, will be mercifully brief. It’s all Cap’n Jeff’s fault. He gave all hands double rations of rum at the Indigo Beach House. To recap the day:

• We had a pancake breakfast on board this morning, using the flour, baking powder and syrup we purchased yesterday on Anegada
• We sailed – ok, motor sailed – to Monkey Point, just across the water from Tortola and not far from our Windham hotel from Friday night. The winds stayed in the 5 to 10 nmph range. Our boat really needs 10 to sail with any vigorish.
• We moored at Monkey Point and had sandwiches on board for lunch. We donned flippers and mask to snorkel in the bay for an hour or more. I got my camera act together and got a few shots of the underwater formations and plant growth but few fish – only a few shy little ones. But it was great fun nonetheless.
• We then motored on to our overnight mooring spot in Cane Garden Bay. We’re actually on Tortola proper, on the east coast almost directly across the island from Nanny Cay where our trip began.
• This evening we dinghy-ed in for dinner and are now playing our usual round of bedtime games – Bridge (Jeff and Carter barely escaped humiliation by eking out a 100-point victory) and now Swoop (see us at Onawa this summer for instructions)

Yesterday’s pictures are now on line. The cell network on Anegada only produced 1mbps, remenicent of the good old dial-up days. You can find them on the Day 5 blog. Here are today’s pictures: