We had a great downwind sail with our screecher up to Culebra, one of the Spanish Virgin Islands. In no time we were checking in at the airport in Dewey with Jen & Richard.

Caught up with Bob and Leo from Adastra on our first night in the bay. Leo has lived on the boat since he was 2 months old so soon became very comfortable.

There were jeeps and 4 seater golf carts buzzing around the island. We rented the more breezy golf cart which was good fun with the 3 of us only having to jump off once so Brett could make it up a rather steep hill.

What a great way to get our bearings around the island and see some of the hot spots. We tried to drive into each of the bays to help us to decide where we wanted to head to with the boats to enjoy the snorkeling and diving in the area. It was so much fun buzzing around the island.

Flamenco Beach

Even managed to come across an old tank from battle practice as Culebra was utilized by the navy for training.

The Dingy Dock Restaurant is a great place to catch up on emails and lime.

The bridge in the town of Dewey

Ensenada Honda the main anchorage on Culebra was really windy and the waters choppy so we decided to move over to Isla Culebrita. We walked up to the lighthouse on Culebrita, which gave us great views down into the bay where the boats were and out to the surrounding islands.

On our return Jen & Richard noticed someone in the water near the reef signaling they needed help, as their boat wouldn’t restart. It turned into a real adventure with Brett towing their boat in closer to shore and Jen & Richard bringing the kids aboard as they had been surfing while waiting for help. Luckily we had a cellphone so they could get in contact with someone on Culebra to come and rescue them all.

Richard and Brett tried some wind surfing in the bay we were anchored in as it was nice and windy. Looks like a tough sport if you ask me.

Richard gave Brett and I a diving refresher course as its been a while since we had been diving and we had heard there was good diving in the area and up in the Bahamas where we are heading.

On one of the points off Isla Culebrita there are some natural pools that you can go swimming in. Soooo clear and a great place to just kick back for a while.

We definitely found some great anchorages in Culebra and had great fun doing lots of different things.