Recently, we set off for Little Harbor, Peter Island late in the afternoon. We've become more confident with our anchoring skills, especially in this place, as we've been here so many times, so anchoring after dark wasn't going to be a problem. Anyway, off in the distance, we noticed this particular cruise ship would be crossing our path. As we got closer, we had to slow down to allow the ship to pass. Unbeknownst (is that a real word?) to us, the ship chose to stop right there in front of us right across the approach to Little Harbor. It turned into a great photo op...too bad the light wasn't the best (about 7pm.) We decided to go around the stern of the ship, feeling it would be safer than crossing her bow since we weren't sure what the captain's plans were. As it turned out, they were setting the anchor and spending the night right there. We were unable to get a morning picture of it, as it had left before we got up.
For those of you interested in knowing more about this company and cruising opportunities with it, here's their website:
http://www.windstarcruises.com/
According to their website, this ship is called "Wind Surf", and is the largest sailing ship in the world...617' long, 66' wide and accomodates up to 312 "guests". If you want to be one of these guests, it would set you back about $1,700pp for a week in "B" cabin. My guess is that it's somewhere near the engine room. Other destinations may be less.
If you desire to get your own photos of the ship, please come visit and we'll make sure they stop in front of us again.
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| About a mile and a half away |
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| A view of the starboard side |
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| The stern |
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| The port side |
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