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Other boats moored at The Baths. That's Fallen Jerusalem in the distance.
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Fallen Jerusalem, Cooper Island, and Peter Island in the distance.
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Great shot of the crew from above: Jessica, Andrea, Ross, Stephen, Allison.
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Ross and Stephen philosophize in front of the dinghy davits. Ross's eight-pack clearly visible.
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Occasionally, when threatened with flogging, Kathy and Allison surrender the helm to someone else, in this case Ben.
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A surprisingly bold brown booby eyes us from the green channel marker at Spanish Town Harbor, Virgin Gorda.
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Working tug with barge of sand. We'd seen this same tug and barge making its way up the Channel earlier.
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The Bath and Turtle Pub, Spanish Town Harbor.
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Really.
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The sun makes one tired but happy.
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The last night of a great vacation.
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A tip of the Barbra Streisand cap...
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Someone should really warn the Brown and Swarthmore women before these guys get back: suntans, buff muscles from hauling in the jibsheet, and great hair from the wind mean chick magnets!
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A wonderful couple, and truly terrific crew members!
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The skipper brave and sure.
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Palm at the Bath and Turtle
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Windjammer four-master. Note the third and fourth masts are smoke stacks for the diesel engine!
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The last morning. Leaving Spanish Town. Making 10+ knots reaching on full main and jib.
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Heading for Hodges' Creek Marina, Fat Hog Bay, on Tortola -- to return the boat to Sunsail.
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Last few hours at the helm.
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Pete and Ben packing off the boat after Kathy docked the behemoth.
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The Dolly Grace as we are about to leave her.
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After we checked in at the airport, we had a few hours to kill. Trellis Bay, with its artists' colony, is a 5 minute walk from the airport. The sign on the little outboard is amusing: "Windsurfing Lessons, Trellis Bay CyberCafe"
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These beautiful worked-iron balls contain flares which are lit for special occasions.
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Hanging out on the couch at the CyberCafe: Andrea, Stephen, Ross, Allison.
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From the air: Marina Cay, our first night's mooring.
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Airport runway on left, Fat Hog's Bay behind (above) it, then Buck Island.  Behind and to the right of Buck Island is Maya Cove, Sunsail's marina.
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Brilliant sunlight through the clouds: Brewer's Bay on the north shore of Tortola.
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Porkfish (member of the Grunt family) at The Baths.
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Stoplight Parrotfish
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These Palometas wouldn't leave Ben alone in waist-high water at The Baths.
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Green Sea Turtle, for which Tortola is named, at The Bight.
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Same turtle, just below the surface of the water.
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Spanish Hogfish at the Caves on Norman Island.
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Peacock Flounder in shallow water in The Bight.
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Trumpetfish with a Yellowtail Snapper.
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The Trumpetfish against a nice brain coral.
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School of Blue Tang.
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A bunch of Yellowtail Snappers with a big Barracuda under our boat.
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Another Trumpetfish.
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Two Stoplight Parrotfish supermales.
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Scrawled Filefish, The Bight. He's about 18 inches long.
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The same Scrawled Filefish.
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Inside The Baths looking out.
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Honeycomb Cowfish.
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A Trumpetfish pretending he's invisible next to some coral.
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Puddingwife.
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A French Angelfish behind a Squirrelfish.
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Failed attempt to show the two nudibranches on the purple fan coral.
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The Black Durgon! At Money Bay.
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Trumpetfish, yellow form.
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School of Blue Tang around a coral head in Money Bay.
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Princess Parrotfish.
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Feeding the fish (Yellowtail Snappers and Sergeant Majors) at the Indians. Jessica, Stephen, Ben, Ross, Ariana, Allison, and Andrea.
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More feeding. Ben, Ross, Allison, Andrea.
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Stoplight Parrotfish.
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A different Green Sea Turtle at the Caves on Norman Island.
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Smooth Trunkfish.
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Allison, Ariana, and Kathy at The Baths.
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Stephen and Ross at The Baths.
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Squid (I think it's actually a Cuttlefish, though).
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Houndfish below the surface of the water.
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Barracuda at Marina Cay.
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More squid at Marina Cay. Want to hear about the ones that "got away"? Pete saw an octopus, Kathy saw a spotted moray eel, others saw spotted drums, a southern stingray, porcupine fish, and a red-lipped blenny.
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