THE BIGHT

0830 hours, January 8, 2015, East End Jost Van Dyke Island, BVI: We rounded Sandy Cay on our starboard and headed south west to Hatch Island Cut. Once through the Cut we maneuvered around the east end of Little Thatch Island and set a course along the western edge of Sir Francis Drake Channel to the Bight on Norman's Island. Norman's Island is said to be the Island which Robert Louis Stevenson based his epic of all pirate stories, Treasure Island. The Island was named after a pirate who was believed to have buried Spanish Gold in the Caves at Treasure Point, which is at at the west corner of the Bight. With this rich history we were not surprised to hear pirates commotion as we were anchoring. After launching the dingy we went in search of this auditory turbulence. Hidden behind moored boaters in the south corner of the Harbor we found the Willie T, a replica of a 93' topsail schooner which has been converted into a bar. As we circled in the water vibrating from the sound, pirates dove off the top deck displaying their daring, and woman in bikinis on the lower deck bounced their buttocks off of one another with undulating motion. This was mid afternoon and the Willie T was filled with pirates in full commotion. We circled the Willie T again during happy hour on our way to dinner. The fast boats that had been side tied in the afternoon were gone, the floating side dock was filled with cruiser's dingies, the sound was audible and less vibrating, the motion was calm, and the dress was shirts and pants. A different Willie T at happy hour. At the east end of the Harbor is Pirates Beach Bar and Grill. We had a great dinner in their new open air dinning room where we had a perfect view of the sunset over the Harbor. Another couple was kind enough to take our picture. Although Greg and Jackie hiked to the top of the hill, to view the Bight and the other side of the Island, we didn't dive in the caves searching for treasure on this trip. This is an adventure we will save for the future.