It was fun being in Whitehall Bay; nice to be on a mooring
buoy, near town, watching the cruise ships coming in, and going out again. And especially cool being able to snorkel off the back of the
boat. My new fins and mask are awesome. Sometimes there are five cruise ships anchored off George
Town. At the moment there’s no dock (one is planned to be built soon – it’s a
big issue here), so they drop anchor (under pilot guidance) and passengers are
ferried to shore. They don’t stay overnight.
There’s even more debate about cruise ships now, after a
video of a cruise ship anchor destroying coral went viral and the UK newspaper The Daily Mail
picked up the story.
Sonic Boom in Whitehall Bay
There’s been lots of rain recently, and there looks like a
big storm’s coming, so on my day off I sailed back around the island and into
Governor’s Creek. I was going pretty fast until I approached the main channel
into North Sound and hit strong winds and waves head on. It took an hour to
motor the last couple of miles, then once I was through the channel, I put up
my sails again and headed west to Governor’s Creek and beautifully calm waters.
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