July 4 this year was spent at Carnival in St. John. The pictures tell the story...

Anne and I had a great sail to St. Croix. This was one of our first blue water experiences, traveling over deep Caribbean waters. The boat sailed fantastically, and we had a wonderful time in Christiansted, having met some very interesting people from Denmark and South Africa.

Few weeks ago friends Sam and Diane decided to take a few days off from working in their dive shop. Unfortunately, their dive boat had died--the prop shaft decided to break in two!! Making the best out of a bad situation, they took a few days off and came sailing on the Bel Ami!!