Lee Bay, Great Camanoe Island, BVI

Hello again, everyone...

I am Sandy...and answer as "El Capitan" once in awhile also. We stayed 2 nights in Lee Bay, Great Camanoe Island, BVI and now we are in Cane Garden Bay, Tortola, BVI. Since the adventure at Cane Garden isn't yet finished, I will tell you about Lee Bay.

We haven't been able to do a lot of sailing, as the winds have either been exactly opposite to the direction we needed to go, the timeline was too short to sail or the winds too light. This time we chose to go from Marina Cay around to East of Scrub Island, then turned West to the Western side of Great Camanoe then South to Lee Bay. We were able to catch some moderate winds...about 10 kts...along the way and most of the time we were "running" with the wind at our backs.

After arriving at the bay, we cooled off by snorkling. We went over to an area against the Southern cliffs of the bay and discovered a school of small 2" fish that had to have numbered in the millions. There were so many that you couldn't even see the bottom 10' away without them moving. Then, I noticed a huge fish swimming away under the school. Karen and I waited and "It" returned along with some of his buddies. They were tarpon...about 4' long and they just swam under us and kept us in view. It was almost as though they were checking us out! Later, in the center of the bay, we noticed a stingray trying to avoid detection in the sand about 20' below us.

We celebrated our 10th anniversary that evening with fried chicken, snow peas and mashed potatoes with gravy.

The next morning we took our dinghy to shore, brought out the recently purchased coconut machete and I started to make some morning dessert. On our return to the boat, the folks on the other boat that anchored there with us, called us over to introduce themselves...Capt. Shawn, Sheri, Karen and John. When we told them that "no, we weren't on a charter...that we lived on our boat and were retired" they wanted to give us all of their unused provisions, since they needed to take their boat back and fly to New Hampshire. Like a light that clicked on, we both realized that we may have stumbled on an opportunity that might keep on working if we exploited this concept more. Needless to say, we told them that we would be glad to receive their hospitality. This turned into a bounty of about $100 worth of food and supplies. Now, we need to start befriending other home-bound charter people and see what happens. Stayed tuned...a whole new cottage industry may be born for pirates like us. Regardless, we hope to run into them again soon...and return the favor or provide them with a meal or accomodations; They all seem as though they want to do what we are doing. That afternoon after our new friends left, we were alone in the bay and enjoyed a daylight shower on the stern...YEAH! Normally, we have to wait until after dark.

On some of the attached pics you can see what our "front, side, and back yards" look like...we sure enjoy the views here!