there's an awesome drop-off that runs off anegada past puerto rico. That's the spot where Paul from Brewer's Bay recorded his humpback whales... and where you can still see Foxy fishing for Mahi, Tuna, Wahoo for the bar. Follow the chart and leave early in the morning, just cruise by and check for breeding humpbacks this time of year.
Sandy spit/Green Cay sometimes has less tourists than Sandy Cay, but the surge can get wicked. As with White Bay and pretty much anything on Joost. I haven't been around the BVI for a couple of years... have they put mooring balls in Great Harbour yet? The holding there is always a little sketchy and most busy nights there's an announcement on the stage about a charter boat drifting around.
The trip from Anegada to Jost is great for practicing coastal nav/visual sight bearings. I was an ASA instructor there for a few years and always had fun getting my crew to pull fixes off the
radio towers on Tortola, points at Cane Bay, Jost and Virgin Gorda. Those
binoculars with the built-in
compass sure are getting cheap and slick and a good, accurate way to brush up on your non-electronic navigation skills. But if you go along the drop and take 5 hours like I was saying earlier, of course you won't be hugging Tortola too much. Say hi to the islands for me.
Anyway, should be a nice reach if the Christmas winds have lots of north in them at this time of year...
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