Turtle’s Pace

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Green Turtle Shell Damage

Still completely unsure of what our plans are for the coming months, we’re happy to have been able to settle for a bit in St. Croix. We left Christiansted planning to spend the day an hour away in Cane Bay doing a couple of dives. When we got there the … Read More

Virgin Islands

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BoatKid Stingray

We left Puerto Rico, again, with fresh batteries (warranty replacement), a bunch of newly made battery cables, a fully tested battery system, enough food for a few weeks, and a calm forecast to make the day’s run over to St. John. My wind forecasting didn’t take into account a few … Read More

Francis Bay

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Francis Bay

For whatever reason nobody else seems to come to Francis Bay. We had the place to ourselves, and the turtles seemed especially happy to hang out here. So we just hung out, swimming, working, and playing. As far as cruising conditions go the bay is perfectly situated for the steady … Read More

Turtles

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Sea Turtle

We’re still searching for some interesting coral, but in the meantime we are super happy to find turtles are everywhere. We visited one popular tourist beach that we had constantly heard had a snorkeling path. It was actually kind of sad to swim across the barren landscape reading signs like … Read More