A SWIM AT HAPPY HOUR

1800 hours, April 6th, 2015, North Sound, Virgin Gorda, BVI: We arrived at the dinghy dock at Leverick  Bay Marina. The entire sand area at the end of the dinghy dock was filled mostly with cruising sailors sitting drinking at picnic tables with a guy on a stage at the end of the beach dressed like a pirate with a guitar, singing about having fallen overboard, drunk at night, on the way to Anegada (the next island to the north). The dinghy dock was also full. We had not been aware of the live entertainment at Happy Hour when we made reservations at the second floor Pusser's Terrace Restaurant. After moving dinghies aside we were able to get one corner of our dinghy to one corner of the floating dock. 

With the dinghy and the dock both rocking Beth tried to step from our dinghy to the dock, lost her balance and fell between the dock and two dinghies next to us. Fortunately she didn't hit anything except the relatively soft inflatable boats. As several on the beach had seen what had happened we had immediate help lifting Beth out. 

We had a towel on board which Beth dried off with. She put on her sweater and we went to dinner overlooking the end of Happy Hour. 

We had relative mild following seas on our passage from Anguilla to North Sound earlier in the day. We had now left the Leeward Islands and were back safely in the Virgin Islands. 

                                           Dinghy Dock

                                          Happy Hour Underway

                                                   The Wet Look For Dinner