Sandy Spit, Jost Van Dyke

Friday, June 3rd, Sandy Spit, Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands

Sandy Spit is the classic "desert isle" with a single palm tree

Having spent a day or so getting our groove back on (groceries, ice, oil change, fresh water fill, etc.) at the charter base in Road Town, we decided we'd go back out to one of our favorite spots in the BVI.  We really have come to love the Sandy Spit/Green Cay area of Jost Van Dyke.  Nice anchorage with a good breeze, and a cute little beach to take Iris to for a walk.  

Hard to see in this picture, but this has got to be the loneliest
National Parks Mooring Ball in the BVI.

It's interesting to spend a day or two at anchor behind Sandy Spit.  During the day, it's a very popular spot for day trippers and small run-abouts to zoom in, drop anchor and have some fun in the sun and surf.  Once the sun goes down, even though it's a great anchor spot, most boats move into the mooring balls at either Diamond Cay or Little Harbor.

Iris doesn't care about mooring balls.  She's more interested in
her breakfast, which in her mind, is sorely overdue.

There is some really nice snorkeling between Green Cay and Little Jost Van Dyke.  The BVI National Parks system maintains what must be one of the most difficult to access, and therefore the least used, mooring ball just to the west of Green Cay.  On one of our trips into Sandy Spit to walk Iris, we went out to say hi to it.  Given the swell and general roughness of the seas in that area, I'm not sure I would ever go out there in OsoGato, especially in the winter.