11-23 log entry

Thanksgiving dinner at the Bitter ENd Yacht Club was great. It had all the fixins you would expect at home except stuffing.

Patti says:
This is such an amazing place! I can't believe all the amenities we can enjoy for a measley $30.00 a night. And today we found another unbelievable piece of paradise. It's called Saba Rock. A huge rock in between two islands here in Virgin Gorda. The only thing on it that covers all of it, is a hotel/restaurant/bar. The hotel has about 6-8 rooms. One side of the rock looks out on the Atlantic ocean, and the other side on North Sound. We enjoyed a great lunch there, and then went back over to Bitter End for an afternoon on the beach. It was fabulous!


Today we just loafed around laying in the sun. Went over to Saba Rock resort. It is a really cool small rock formation probably 500 feet by 500 feet. The resort covers the whole island with only a smal area for gardens and beach chairs. The rest is the hotel, one small shop and a bar/resturaunt of course, and a dock, Inside the shop are all these old outboard engines in mint condition. Even one exactly like the one my dad had when I was growing up.

Awoke this morning to some real concerns about the batteries.
Just talked to the charter customer service guy, Both the house batteries are dead, the engine battery is fine. It is dedicated to engine start but the house batteries are both shot. We will have to backtrack 15 miles tomorrow to get the batteries replaced. Bummer, we were going to go to Anegada but will have to do that on Sunday.
There are so many small sailboats zooming around the harbor. The yacht club has over 100 small sailboats to rent, plus windsurfers. They also have a great sailing school where they have classes for all ages. This is a very popular sailing school and draws lots of big name sailors with ong americas cup resumes. Lowell North, founder of North Sails was even here as an instructor a couple of weeks ago.