British Virgin Islands — Vi får besøk av fire nordmenn, 10. mars, 2013

On March 9 we checked in at West End, BVI, and spent the night at a mooring in Soper’s Hole.   Early on March 10, we moved to Road Harbour, where we anchored briefly outside of Wickhams Cay.  We were there to pick up four guests for the day: Rasmus and Kari Morvik and Terje and Kirsten Seim, all from the Kristiansand area of southern Norway.  They had flown in to San Juan, Puerto Rico for several days of visiting that island before boarding “Brilliance of the Seas” to the Virgin Islands. Their cruise ship arrived at Road Harbour just about the same time we did, but there would be a short delay while they had breakfast aboard and then found their way off the huge ship.

While we waited for the appointed time, we were surprised by a dinghy visit from a sailboat anchored nearby.  Paul, aboard Distant Shores II, had recognized our vessel and came to say hello and present us with a gift.  Paul and his wife Sheryl are videographers that produce a television series entitled, naturally enough, Distant Shores.  We had appeared in one of their programs, an episode that featured a rum-tasting party aboard Seaman’s Elixir hosted by Linda and Steve Kraskey in Culebra way back in March, 2007.  Anyway, Paul presented us with a copy of the rum-tasting episode!  How gracious!

Barb stayed on board while I took the dinghy in at 9:30 to Village Cay Marina, in order to fetch the four Norwegians for a short visit. They had but one day in the BVIs, so we had to pack a lot into a little time.  We crossed over to the Indians for some snorkeling and then in to the Bight for some lunch on board and then watched the rum-tasting episode. Then, a brief visit to the always-raucous Willy T’s for an introduction to “pain killers”.  And then a hustle back to Road Harbour in order to get our friends back on board the cruise ship by 4:15, so that they could continue on to Guadeloupe and Barbados and back to Puerto Rico.

All too brief.  Vi gleder oss til å se dem igjen i sommer.

March 31 addendum:  the pictures marked below with (TS) were provided by Terje Seim.