Peter Island - British Virgin Islands

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PETER ISLAND, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CARIBBEAN
	Although Peter Island is privately owned and boasts numerous exclusive resorts, there are some good anchorages, given the right conditions. The island is an undiscovered gem with its uncrowded pristine beaches.

VIRGIN GORDA

THE BATHS

NORMAN ISL.

TORTOLA

JOST VAN DYKE

COOPER ISL.

PETER ISL.

White Bay

April 18, 2011

After scoping out the anchorage at Norman Island and finding it much too crowded to anchor, we headed to Peter Island.

We found an unexpectedly quiet secluded anchorage on Peter Island.

Although the beach was part of an exclusive resort, there was no one on the beach so we commandeered a table and chairs under a shady palapa.

Gord made a new friend and we reminisced about the crab races we used to have in the Tuamotos!

We enjoyed a pleasant evening with drinks, watching the sun set in the good company of Annie and Liam.

Salt Island

The following morning, we took the boats over to Salt Island, where salt used to be traded instead of money, and anchored among the dive boats. Gord and Liam dove on the wreck of the RS Rhone. The 310 ft. pride of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, capable of carrying 313 passengers, broke in two and sank into 80 feet of water during a hurricane in 1867.