John and I took a three day charter on a Leopard 40 catamaran.  It sailed a lot better than a Lagoon of a similar year, but still had plenty of deck space, especially with the hard top bimini.

Day one we sailed to some little bay, not too far from Tortola.

Day 2, we sailed to Virgin Gorda's "Bitter End," anchored and ate the buffet there.  Some of the best medium rare steak I've ever had, and it was all you could eat!

Day three, we headed to Jost Van Dyke.  On the way, we stopped at little island for some "double overhead" snorkeling.  I was hoping to bodysurf after scoping out the bottom.  One way to get out of the reef, to the break, was to swim out of the current and all the way around to the other side of the reef.  Another, was to take our dingy, and I wasn't stoked on the idea of going over the falls on our unreliable dingy into razor reef, in a foot of water, so no body surfing.  We continued on and anchored at White Bay.

Day four, we got the boat back to the Moorings by noon.  Pretty fun; nice boat.

We spent the next couple of days in Tortola and St. John.  In Tortola, I ate the biggest lobster I've ever eaten, checked out some boat charter companies, and we checked out Tortola's north shore surf.  It was good size, but too blown out to be fun.  On St. John, we checked out John's property, for two days, then headed back to DC.

A nice, little, Caribbean vacation, with carry on bags only.