Beef Island

Current Location: The Lagoon, St. Thomas
Lat/Lon: 18°18.8' N 64°52.1' W
Air Temp: 83°F Sea Temp: 81°F
Weather: Clear

Well we are here in the USVI getting ready for charter. The internet is much more cumbersome to use here since we have to go back to dialing up through the cell phone. At least it works, albeit slowly, so no photos today!

However I want to share a link to an update on the Beef Island court case, the BVI’s first environmental suit. They are trying to stop the huge development slated for the Beef Island mangroves that I had mentioned earlier.

Scrub Island Silt

In these photos, you can see the distinctly lighter, silt-laden water surrounding Scrub Island as we sail from the Dogs to Beef Island. In the top photo, looking NW, Scrub Island is in the background. The second photo is looking East back towards Virgin Gorda. The silt was most likely stirred up by the recent swell and appeared to completely surround Scrub Island for a radius of 1 to 1.5 NM to the South and East. The last photo is the wonderful bumper sticker I bought at Flukes at Trellis Bay.

We are currently anchored in Bluff Bay, south of Beef Island, near Hans Creek. The creek is a highly valuable ecological marine fishery and mangrove habitat for a multitude of marine, avian, and land-based species and is one of the most beautiful unspoiled areas in the BVI. It too has been slated for development into a 200 room hotel with megayacht marina and golf course. Please help stop this madness!!