You Mus’ Go Fastaahhh

The night was dead calm as we motored out of the anchorage and through Sir Francis Drake Channel of the British Virgin Islands. Several kid boats had reported that of all places, the BVI”S was being a real pain in the stern clearing in cruisers, especially with children. Two families were asked to provide tons of educational documentation to verify their children’s education. On the way, we caught a 50” Mahi Mahi, almost as long as the kids! Dinging to the Dutch side to get wifi ..and a beer at Shrimpy’s we spotted Cayuga which we hadn’t seen since Flo’s Conch bar several months ago. We knocked on the hull and yelled, “hey, I know you” as Susan had done when she saw us there.

That night, the stories Cayuga shared had our guts aching all night. The stories were so vivid I knew they couldn’t be making this stuff up. The tales they shared of their experiences, particularly with the boat a German boat had tears streaming down our faces.

After the Capitan has anchored too close and the wind has shifted:
“You must move! You have dragged anchor! You are anchored too close!”

The captain during a night passage where they were tagging along:
“You are falling behind! How fast are you going? You Mus’ Go Fastaahhh!