Cooper Island

Alright, so we left St.John this morning & cruised to Cooper Island. It was the longest trip yet. Took a couple of hours to get there. Chef Fred wanted to make
Osso Buco with Lamb so the guys had to rig up a strap to hold the pan on the stove so it could cook slowly on trip over. Wow that was delicious! We just kept having to check on it everytime a ferry or large boat passed to be sure it didn't slip off the burner! Everyone in our wake must have been so jealous of the wonderful smell coming from our boat.
So we arrived at Cooper Island and hooked up to a mooring to have lunch and evaluate the bay. Nice breeze.
Steve & I took the dinghy and went to shore. Cute place. A bar and restaurant, a small resort, a dive shop, and a gift shop, that's it. Only about 20 people live on the island. They close up and go home for September so we hit the very end of the season.
By the way, my turn to step on the bee today! What is with all the bees on the beach around here?
So Steve & I are sitting on the beach drinking something with several kinds of booze in it and Fred is snorkeling, and all of the sudden Steve says, "Is our boat loose?"
And I said, "looks like it, go, go go". He took off and ran to the dinghy and raced over to the boat about the same time as Fred was swimming back to it also. In the meantime I am watching our boat drift dangerously close to the rocky shore. The guys got it in time and saved the boat. I guess the rope slipped off the mooring buoy. We won't be letting that happen again.
This evening after happy hour, Fred whipped up some pasta with shrimp, sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms & onions. Another great meal. I am afraid if we eat much more we will sink the boat!
A gorgeous sunset over Tortola tonight. Quite a breeze right now! Nice for keeping the bugs away but a little much for sitting on the fly bridge and enjoying our music.
Can't believe tomorrow is our last full day! It went so fast. Hope to get to Norman Island tomorrow and the famous Willy T's bar. Time will tell. I'll let you know.
Goodnight