Cooper Island, BVI

Wow, what a day. We started the day getting oriented to the Big KaHanna, a Lagoon 410 catamaran. We are chartering through TMM Charters and have found them to be a first class operation. Alex gave us a thorough briefing on the boat systems while the provisions from Bobby's market were stowed.

Once everything was squared away we cranked up the engines under the supervision of our checkout captain, Jerome. What a ride that turned out to be. It is a big boat so the 20+ knot winds were not too bad. However, we did get hit with a squall with much higher winds and a ton of rain. It was exciting and a great thing to have happen while we had an experienced catamaran captain on board. We dropped off Jerome and headed to Cooper Island confident in both the boat and crew.

In closing, I should point out that damp charcoal is very hard to light with 20 knot winds.