Laura
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Laura on her island
of St. Croix
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| Name: |
Laura Ballard |
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| Home Port: |
Christiensted, St. Croix, USVI |
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| Signed on: |
April.2000 |
Christiensted, St. Croix, USVI |
| Signed off: |
April.2000 |
Christiensted, St. Croix, USVI |
| Laura is an honorary crew member. She has not
actually sailed with us but she was so cool when we visited her home
island of St. Croix that we decided to create the position of honorary
crew member just for her. |
| Laura is a friend of Tom and Sandy. She moved to
St. Croix in the late 90's and Tom and Sandy hadn't seen her much, if at
all, since then. We spent several days in St. Croix during which
time Laura took on the task of making sure that we saw everything there is
to see, that we ate in the best places there are to eat in (and there are
some great ones), that we snorkeled in the best places there are to
snorkel and, generally, that we had the best time there was to be
had. |
| On a Sunday afternoon Laura took us "limin" at Buck
Island, just a mile or two off of St. Croix. Folks bring their
friends and family over to Buck Island, bring their boats in very close to
the shore, drop a bow anchor and carry a stern anchor to the beach.
Then for the rest of the afternoon you swim, eat, drink beer, listen to
music, walk on the beach, BS with the other folks out there and so on and
so on ... the locals call it "limin" and it's a great way to spend an
afternoon in paradise. |
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