Next must see on Ron's whistle stop tour was Great Harbor on Jost van Dyke island, the home of the infamous Soggy Dollar. We had a good sail over from Norman and arrived late afternoon. The pilot book advised holding was patchy, he didn't say how patchy as the 20 boats already at anchor must have found the only 20 spots with sand to get the pick hooked into. We would drive around and find a good depth with sufficient room and drop the CQR. And it dragged. Six times we tried and on the sixth we held, but the Cap'n of Tabasco Cat came out on deck and did his impression if a pair of scissors. In nautical terms 'to do a scissors' is standard when someone anchors too close for comfort and you want to convey your displeasure to the other boat. One stands on the foredeck with hands with hands on hips, elbows out, ie looking like a pair of scissors. Mr Tabasco Cat wasn't happy although we couldn't see the problem, so we picked up our firmly held grappling hook and tried again. It was getting dark, we put it down and thought we'd held. Still not sure so we left the anchor watch running. An hour later we got the beeps that we weren't holding.
Fed up with a poor spot and not comfortable to leave the boat and go ashore to the Soggy Dollar, we through in the soggy towel upped and departed for Leinster Bay 60 minutes away where we could guarantee a good nights' sleep.
We came in in the dark, Ron and I on bow with torches and picked up the first buoy we saw which was on the outside edge, closest to the channel. Tied off, we had a celebratory G&T and snuggled down for the night.
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