For the more experienced Virgin Island Sailor; includes Anegada and more sailing time.

1. DAY ONE.  Leave your St. Thomas dock and head East towards St. John. Go through Current Cut and head South East to pick up the Southern coastline of St. John.  There are three neat bays on this side, Little Lameshur, Great Lameshur and Salt Pond. Personally I prefer Salt Pond which has great snorkeling.

2. DAY TWO. Up-anchor early, go around Ram Head Point and head towards Tortola. Go wide to avoid the submerged rocks at Eagle Shoal  and head for Road Town.  Clear Customs in Road Town, pick up some good English tea and orange marmalade in Road Town and continue your voyage East South East to Cooper Island and over-night in  Manchioneel Bay.

3. DAY THREE. Leave your mooring early and head North East towards the northern tip of Virgin Gorda Island, spend the afternoon kicking around  the 4 Dog Islands where there is great diving and snorkeling. Overnight at anchor tucked into the North East corner of Long Bay on Virgin Gorda, just across from the Dogs.

4. DAY FOUR. Up anchor really early and head North for Anegada Island. The entrance to the Anegada anchorage is quite tricky and you need to navigate carefully with a suitably updated chart and hopefully, an illustrated anchorage guide book. In Anegada, there are two main things to do: 1, take a "taxi" to Loblolly Bay and spend the afternoon there, and 2, eat lobster at the Anegada Beach Hotel. (AND buy Anegada Tee-Shirts at the store)

5. DAY FIVE.  Back to Virgin Gorda, heading for the cut between Colquhoun reef and Necker island that will take you through to Gorda Sound, if you're sociable types, moor out on a buoy at the Bitter End Resort and explore the Bitter End Yacht Club which is like a small village, OR if you'd rather be more isolated, use the cut between the Saba Rock and the Bitter End (watch your depth) into Eustatia Sound and around Biras Hill into a very secluded bay called Deep Bay.  Great Anchorage and quiet; it will even isolate you from the fireworks on New Year's..!!

6. DAY SIX. Retrace your steps through Colquhoun reef, out of Gorda Sound, around Mosquito Island (if your draft permits, you can blast straight through the cut between Virgin Gorda and Mosquito Island) head West and then S. West along the North side of Tortola to anchor in Brewers Bay, if you like solitude, or in Cane Garden Bay if you like music and partying.

7. DAY SEVEN.  Leave your Tortola anchorage and head West for White Bay on Jost van Dyke island.  Spend most of the day there just hanging out at the Soggy Dollar Bar and the superb beach; just make sure you leave early enough to check into Custom's on St. John before they close. Then overnight at Christmas Cove.

8. DAY EIGHT (Half Day) Leisurely sail back to your St. Thomas drop-off point.