Bozo Cinq is sold!

Well it's official Bozo Cinq has been sold!
We delivered her to Fort Lauderdale to the new owner, Jamie Wendell, who immediately sailed her up to Annapolis. Below is our last day on the Bozo Cinq:

We sailed Bozo Cinq from St Croix to Fort Lauderdale with our friend Captain Bob who joined us for the final trip! The trip took us 6 days, we sailed /motored 1043 nautical miles. 
Along the way I caught a Mahi, Mahi so we enjoyed fresh fish:

We also ran into a pod of 20 very active dolphins who played at the bow of our boat for about 30 minutes. They were saying goodbye and good luck to us. Dolphins have always been our "good luck" sign aboard Bozo Cinq:

Selling Bozo Cinq was bittersweet. We have had some awesome adventures on her and we have always felt completely safe on her. She has been a great boat and we'll treasure the memories on her.
But its time to move on to our next adventure!

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present arencertian to miss the future" -John F Kennedy
 

St Croix

St Croix was our last stop in the Virgin Islands and also where we will keep the boat for a couple of months while we go back to Turks and Caicos. Green Cay Marina is a lovely/inexpensive marina for Bozo Cinq and its easy to fly in and out of St Croix. Rented a car from Olympic Rent-a-Car and toured the island. The 3rd largest oil refinery in the world closed here 3 years ago and it has really hurt the economy. The East end of the island is rather barren but has a great view point called Point Udall.

Then you have to go to the Mt. Pellier Domino Club which is one of the most unique places where the pigs drink beer, check it out then see picture of Gary feeding a beer to the pig.

Another unique place is the Deep End at Green Cay Marina where they hold Crab races every Thursday night.

We'll be back early June to take Bozo Cinq somewhere for hurricane season.....

Virgin Islands

We spent Feb and March aboard Bozo Cinq in the Virgin Islands.. exploring and checking out the Spanish, British and American Virgin Islands. Below is a recap of the bigger islands and some statistics per Wikipedia:

Culebra- 11.6 sq miles, with a population of 1818, Flamenco Beach Ranked # 2 in the top 10 most exotic beaches in the world. It is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) east of the Puerto Rican
St Thomas- 31.24 square miles, with a population of 51,634 about 48.5% of the US Virgin Islands total.  
St John- 19.61 sq miles, with a population of 4,170. Because there are no airports on St. John, the only access to the island is by boat. Approximately 60% of the island is protected as Vigin Islands National Park. 
St Croix- 82.88 sq miles, with a population of 50,601. St. Croix is the largest of the islands in the territory.
Tortola- 21.5 sq miles, with a population of 23,908. Christopher Columbus named the island Tórtola, meaning "Turtle Dove" in Spanish.
Virgin Gorda- 8 square miles, with a population of 3,930. Christopher Columbus named the island "The Fat Virgin", because the island's profile on the horizon looks like a fat woman lying on her side.
Famous for "The Baths", Saba Rock and the Bitter End. 
Jost Van Dyke- 3 square mile, with a population of 298. Famous for Foxy's, Soggy Dollar Bar and the Bubbly Pool.
Little Jost Van Dyke- With a population of 1, it is the location of the Diamond Cay National Park, which includes the nesting grounds of wild boobies, terns and pelicans.

We had a great trip...Kevin/ Carol joined us for a week in Feb and Diane /John joined us for a week in March. Below are some highlight with pictures.

Foxy's Bar on Jost Van Dyke with Foxy himself at 77 years old:

 

Sunset from Saba Rock:

Sisters on the beach:

 The "Bubble Pool" at Jost Van Dyke

Trellis Bay at Aragorn's Studio

Dingy rides:

Captain Bozo and Admiral Joanne talking their beach walk in the Virgin Islands:

Martinique to BVI's

Our friend Captain Bob came and joined us to sail from Martinique to the BVI's. We left Le Marin at 10 am and sailed to St Pierre, Martinique where we anchored for the night. This big turtle swim right up to our boat to say hi.

Next day we made the decision to sail straight to Culebra (Bob had never been there).  After 2 days, one with 100% sail and the second with no wind but very calm waters we arrived in Culebra.
Spend the night there and and had a great dinner at the Dingy Dock and a short dingy ride thru the channel to see the statue of an old man throwing a rock to sea.

Next day we sailed to Saint Thomas where we dropped off Captain Bob to catch his flight home.
We love sailing with Captain Bob, he has become a great friend and we always learn new tricks from him.

Martinique

Bozo Cinq was hauled out this week to get her bottom painted, plus some repair work at Amel.

Gary found a lovely place for us to stay during the haul-out. Residence Des iles, with a awesome view of Le Marin Marina, beautiful sunsets and a pool. Plus an easy dingy ride over to check out the boat every day then walk the beach. Next week we head to the BVI's.

Grenada to Martinique

Left Grenada headed for Martinique. It took us 3 days with 2 stops, one at Bequia and the second at Marigot Bay, St Lucia (our favorite bay in the Caribbean). Great wind so we sailed the whole way, everything worked perfectly on Bozo Cinq. Along the way we saw 2 pods of whales, porpoises swimming at our bow (below) and the most perfect rainbow we have ever seen. All of which are lucky signs in our book.

The trip couldn't have have been smoother. We arrived in Martinique on 1/23 around noon and we are settled in at Le Marin Marina. On Monday we have the boat pulled to have the bottom painted and props and zincs checked. That should take 4 days so we'll stay at a small apartment near the marina.
Captain Bob our friend who sailed across the Atlantic with us is flying in to make the trip from Martinique to the BVI's with us. We are very excited to see him again. He has become a great friend and we love sailing with him we always learn from him.
Another adventure on Bozo Cinq:

Back on Bozo Cinq in Grenada

We arrived back on Bozo Cinq after being away for 5 months. She is in Grenada (Port Louis Marina below) and we're preparing her to sail north to the BVI's for a few months. Life is great, more to come!