AND ON TO 'FOXYS' ........ FOR MORE T-SHIRTS ................

A great down-wind run from VIRGIN GORDA to JOST VAN DYKE doing 2.3 knots and TODA VIA doing 7 knots and over the horizon ............ Well, he does have a racing boat ...............Anchor in the bay and off to see 'FOXY' again ............ He is such a character and a great story-teller as well as a wooden boat fanatic ............... We see his micro brewery out the back ........... Absolutely necessary ............. For on New Year's Eve there is anything up to ten thousand people here ........... Most of whom may not remember a lot ................ Today however, is a quiet day and we get him to ourselves ............ The main street (all sand) that runs in front of his premises is deserted .........His son-in-law has just come in with 170 lbs of lobster and parts with some to DWIGHT .......... That Captain Dwight sure gets around, for FOXY greets him like a long lost son ............ How do you do that? .........



Look at those lobsters and the subsequent lobster salad ............... Look at the setting for a quick lunch on board ................ Yeah, well, someone has to do this .............



And the little 'Entrepreneur' operating the dinghy (above) is BUNNY ...... All of six years old, who goes around the anchorage morning and night collecting "garbage bags" at $ 3.00 a pop ............... Then off-loads it all on the dock (above), and with a little handcart takes two bags at a time to a dumpster ...............He greets you in proper English with a "Good morning Sah, may I take your garbage" ............ Now who can so "No" to that ......



We were content to watch others in FOXY'S Tavern at night ............. The memory of the last time is still very fresh ......... That may, or may not, be water that I'm holding in the cup...............



And the "QUEEN OF FLORIDA" gets to sit on Foxy's lap .......... But there is also Foxy's look-alike dummy strumming his guitar................ And after a few drinks of Foxy's Famous Firewater rum, patrons have been known to carry on quite a long conversation with this dummy telling "Foxy" their life story ............. It is probably good that they don't remember that part of the evening...............



We caught up with Foxy's wife TESSA, who hails from Melbourne, AUSTRALIA ....... Married for forty years and has seen it all ............... Between them they have a bunch of children and grandchildren to carry on the enterprise ........ It was from her side of the business that we loaded up the T-shirts ........Meantime Foxy (above) is giving his grandchildren a taste of honey from his hives ............

And as for the shapely Island sloop, well, it is being built by island students from local timber to local design under Foxy's watchful eye and funded in part by donations from people like singer/songwriter Kenny Chesney and Sir Richard Branson, of VIRGIN AIRLINES fame, and while on the subject of name dropping, FOXY's real name is Feliciano Callwood ........... I bet you didn't see that one coming ..........



We sailed back to St. Thomas to have a look around at the other end of the island ............. Definitely more bars than supermarkets .......... ARITA is anchored out there somewhere ..............Do a double-click on any of the photos to enlarge them .......



A super mini-cruise in excellent company while not actually sailing together, although we did see TODA VIA disappear over the horizon each time .............. All of that, and then the superb dinners was just wonderful ................

Now all of that we could handle, but then to add this final bit ........... Well, how would you handle this ....... When Capt. Dwight calls us on cell phone, just when we are still struggling to get close to Culebra P.R. to tell us that he has managed to land a couple of fish while sailing ....................... I tell you, there has to be a conspiracy somewhere, because we haven't caught anything more than seaweed .......... Somebody please help us here................. A 25 lb wahoo/kingfish and a huge horse-eyed jack ........... I'm telling you ............... Do a double-click and lick your chops .............I bet you can taste them ...........

DWIGHT, MARJORIE AND THE YACHT "TODA VIA" ARE JUST TOO MUCH ...