We woke up around 7am to the sounds of our amazing captain, Gigi, walking around getting ready to leave for a week in the Northern BVI’s.  The wind report is for 20 plus knots so we wanted to get out early and get a full day of riding at Eustatia Sound.  Just before leaving we luckily noticed the dinghy only had a 2.5 gallon tank for 1 week of chasing kiters, snorkeling, ferrying people ashore, etc. so we ran over to the exchange it for a 6.5 gallon tank.  What a great idea this turned out to be as other dinghies ran out midweek and had to search for gas in the middle of nowhere.

8:15am, the last of the crew still had not shown up so we take a vote and decide to shove off toward North South.  It was a pretty rough motor straight into the wind with 20 plus knots of wind and not all the crew kept breakfast down, but I guess to have good wind for kiteboarding, you will also have waves.

Saba Rock was a welcomed sight for our first stop in North sound.  After an amazing lunch, everyone headed up to Eustatia Island in the Dinghies to get our first kite session in.  Wind was powered 9m for me, what a great start!  Most riders stayed in Eustatia sound throwing down freestyle tricks in front of the crowd and boats that had stopped to watch the show.  I few of us headed upwind in search of waves.  After a long tack over to Necker Island I found a few right-handers on the backside of Necker.  A few hours later when I kited back to Eustatia sound, pretty much every kiter on the trip was on the water while the non kiters where either relaxing on the beach, parting on the boats, or snorkeling the reef just off Eustatia Island.

By nightfall, I for one was tired, hungry, and very content with another great day in the BVIs.  Dinner party was on Saba Rock and with the live reggae band, the party rocked on until the early hours of the morning.

There are few pictures of this first full day on the catamarans because everyone was having so much fun in this action packed day that we all forgot to stop and take pictures.