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Photos from sailing around the world

Awesome set of photos, too.

absolutely had to. even w/ a tan & staying in the shade you would still get fried from the sun reflecting off the water. Sunscreen becomes a morning ritual just like brushing your teeth.

wow, thanks!

Wow those pics are awesome. Really bring back some memories. About 10 years before your brother moved there, I lived in St. Thomas--about halfway up the hill from Charlotte Amalie. I waited tables at Frenchmen's Reef. Ok some USVI questions now:

Did you go to the full moon party at Bomba's Love Shack on Tortola?

Did you ever go to an Italian place on the North side of St. Thomas called Ferrari's? (best Italian food I've ever had)

Is crack/crime still a major problem on St. Thomas?

How on earth could you not like a Bushwacker? -- tastes like a milkshake, strong as a Long Island Iced Tea. Best hangover cure in the world.

Is the male/female (non-West-Indian) ratio still like 5-1 on St. Thomas?

Did you ever trek out to the tiny point of land that sticks way out on the east of Megan's Bay?

just checked out the photos...wow, absolutley amazing.

holy cow! tell us the story about catching the giant yellow fin tuna plz.

photos look amazing. i'm so jealous

i have lived in st. thomas since 2001 (except for trip around the world)

i have never actually been to bombas - 1 of the few places i haven't been to in the bvi's. spent plenty of time @ foxy's, willy T etc..

no Ferrari's on the north side. guess they were gon when i got here?

i like bushwackers, just not on a daily basis.

still plenty of crime, but mostly amongst west indians.

male female ratio is actually pretty good here now.

never hiked to the end of magen's, but i have been around it by boat.

You have to check out Bomba's on a full moon party. One of the coolest places I've ever been.

Sounds like crime might have died down some there, like the rest of the country, as the crack thing stabilized. When I was there things were pretty ugly. Lot's of crime against West Indians and whitey.

The m/f ratio was so bad when I was there. It was an inverted OOT scale. 3's became 7's and 7's became 10's. Not fun. Basically the crime kept a lot of chicks who didn't have boyfriends away.

You can drive almost to the end of Megan's. There's a little park there. But getting there is tricky as there are several unmarked turnoffs. Then you can hike another few hundred yards to the tip. What's really cool is to go on a full moon so you can see where you're going. Also the tide is up, so the waves are banging against both sides of the little spit of rocks you're standing on. It's pretty incredible.

(Obv. all these are assuming things are still the way they were 15 years ago.)

Oh yeah, does the Walgreen's still have Louis XIII for $600/bottle?

Edit: this post mentions Ferrari's. So do some others. You might ask about it. The veal saltimbocca and lasagna were incredible, especially the lasagna.

Did you ever get any flack for being american? How did various people react?

Please describe fishing set up.
Wtf do you do with 100 pounds of yellowfin in the middle of the pacific?
What did you catch beside tuna, shark, billfish?
Ever sell your catch? Share with other boats? Trade for beer/water?

What was the longest you went without speaking to your brother?
If you had a wife, could you imagine doing this with her?

Describe navigation equipment. Assuming gps, could you imagine going without it? Did it ever fail?

What food did you take with you? How much water?

I like this pic a lot.

Have you done much sailing off the coast of south america?

Have you ever been boarded by the coast guard?

Have you ever run across modern day pirates, or heard any first person accounts of encounters?

If ever boarded by the coast guard was your boat searched?

How easy/difficult do you think it would be to smuggle 10-20 kilo's or so of cocaine from a country in s. america to the states on a sailboat (assuming you had a safe connection to purchase down there)?

Wow, Captain.

Just looked over the photos and am pretty excited about hearing more about your trip. Please PM next time you come to Vegas because we definitely need to have a beer.

I am currently in the "learning to sail" part of your plan and will someday circumnavigate with my special lady friend. I trip reported my only trip as skipper in El D's forum.

Can you tell me more about your process in choosing a boat? Why a ketch vs. sloop? Why a mono-hull vs. a cat or trimaran?

At my embryonic stage of seamanship I would choose trimaran>catamaran>sloop>ketch to live aboard and cross oceans so i'm intersted in how you made your choice.

Thank you,

Irieguy

Suzzer,
don't you owe oot some pics?

Did you encounter any bad storms while out on the water?