Botany Bay

 

Made it to Botany Bay today. We went to Mermaids Chair. It's a really cool beach and we had it to ourselves most of the day. The down side is you have to park at the guard shack at the entrance of Botany Bay and walk about 2 miles down to the beach.

The walk down is not bad, nice paved roads...

but the walk up.....OMG. Thankfully a guy in a truck leaving one of the building sites stopped and gave us a ride up. The views were spectacular, especially with the north swells, the waves were wild!

A big storm looked like it was going to move in, but it blew over and all was well.

I like the beach and the remoteness, so I'd like to go again. But I think I'll wait until the boat is ready and go by water instead of walking that hill!! :-)

Happy Veterans Day

Happy Veterans Day, originally uploaded by captainjay.

Give thanks to all our men and women in uniform today and every day!

The north swell is up again and it's creating some wild waves on the
north shore. This pic doesn't do it justice. It's normally flat out
there, so seeing all the wave action from our view point is pretty cool.

Boat update: Jay has been checking off items on the list, bilge pump,
nav lights, through hull valves, cooler seat, etc. Had our survey done
yesterday and that went well. No suprises, some safety gear, head
issues, things we already knew. The surveyor agreed we got a good deal
on the boat!

Since today is a holiday and I'm off work (Jay has to work), Silvia
and I are going to the beach. We are going to attempt to find Botany
Bay. Jay and I was there several weeks back on a friends boat and it
was beautiful. Getting to it by road is a little different. So this
should be interesting. So stay tuned for some good pics.

Enjoy!!

Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage, originally uploaded by captainjay.

We took the boat out today on it's maiden voyage. We only made it as far as water island to honeymoon beach. But It ran great!! Still trying to decide on a name. So keep the suggestions coming. So far the suggestions are:
Live De Life
De Life
De Boat
De Weekend
Deja Vu
Deja View
Jade
Any Suggestions?
Debbie Does ... Port of St. Thomas
Jay Dreaming
Happy Hour
Floatie Toy

Still thinking........

New Boat

New Boat, originally uploaded by captainjay.

I have to say the boat has so far exceeded our expectations. We had some repairs done in Peurto Rico and we were fully prepared to tow it back. That wasn't even close to necessary. The boat ran great all the
way back.

Friday boat pic

Friday boat pic, originally uploaded by captainjay.

Well, sorry we forgot about the Friday beach pic today. It was an early morning going to Puerto Rico to go pick up the new boat. Kudos to Jorge Cintron, the mechanic in PR that did the work on the motor. It ran great.

St. John Recap

I just realized I posted a bunch of pics from our St. John trip on Facebook but forgot about the blog. oops. sorry. So here is a little recap. Breakfast, beach, drink, eat, repeat! We had a great time hanging out with all our forum friends and can't wait to see them again. More are coming down later this month, so we'll get to hang out with them also. Here are a few pics of the beaches we visited:

Gibney Beach

Maho Beach

Lamesure Beach

I love the beaches on St. John! Enjoy!

Sea Tow membership

Well, the boat deal is getting closer and closer. Signed up for the SeaTow membership this morning so it's starting to become more real. The new prop arrived yesterday and the mechanic started on the repairs. If all goes well, the boat should be in STT by this weekend. WooHoo!!!