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| ThomasH | profile | all galleries >> Sailing in US Virgin Islands, Jun.2009 >> Sail back to Crown Bay Marina, St.Thomas | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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Sail back from St.John to St.Thomas, waterfront of Charlotte Amalie, June 5, 2009
Our route was through the Pillsbury Sound all way to the south, passing both St.James Islands
and the Dog Island. This provided us with with gorgeous visuals of Cruz Bay on St.John. Upon arrival in St.Thomas we entered the bay of Charlotte Amalie and cruised along the waterfront of St.Thomas's capitol town. From this perspective one can see that Charlotte Amalie is located on a foothill and slopes of several hills: Frenchman Hill, Berg Hill, Government Hill and the Bluebeard Hill.
The Haulover Cut between the Harbor of Charlotte Amalie and the Crown Bay has indicated depth of only 12 feet at some places. This might have been too shallow for the Mezzaluna, and so we cruised along the Hassel Island out of the bay, to enter the Gregerie Channel, and than our destination: the Crown Bay Marina. On the sparsely populated Hassel Island we saw several ruins of Danish installations alongside with its well preserved natural beauty. For our last night and tomorrow's flight we checked in to a hotel. |
 N6956 Pull! |
 N6959 Pull together! |
 N6965 |
 N6967 |
 n6969 Sailing St..John to St.Thomas |
 n6970 Cruz Bay |
 n6982 Cruz Bay |
 n6983 Cruz Bay |
 n6986 Cruz Bay "Gallows Point" |
 n6987 Cruz Bay |
 n6988 Cruz Bay |
 n6994 Cruz Bay |
 n7001 At St.James |
 n7005 Cruz Bay |
 n7019 St.John south shoreline |
 n7038 Meet Brigadier |
 n7044 Bluebeard Resort |
 Charlotte Amalie |
 n7047 Muhlenfels Point, Marriott |
 n7051 Charlotte Amalie |
 n7054 Charlotte Amalie |
 n7055 Hills of Charlotte Amalie |
 n7056 Government Hill |
 n7070 |
 n7075 Danish Ruins on Hassel Island |
 n7078 One of the new resorts |
 n7082 |
 n7087 |
 n7089 Water Taxi |
 n7101 Charlotte Amalie |
 n7104 Sailing Adventurer |
 n7112 Tourist ships |
 n7121 Governor Residence |
 n7165 Danish ruins, Hassel Island |
 n7174 Crown Bay, Industrial part of the island |
 n7191 Circling to land |
 n7193 Landing approach |
 n7198 Haulover Cur |
 n7203 Haulover Cut |
 n7205 Crown Bay industrial harbor |
 n7209 Crown Bay |
 n7214 Charlotte Amalie |
 n7220 Legislature House |
 n7221 Waterfront of Charlotte Amalie |
 n7226 Highlands of St.Thomas |
 n7227 View from our room |
 c3428 View from our hotel |
 c3440 View from our hotel |
 c3442 View from our hotel |
 c3446 Caribbean Splendor |
 c3454 Why not a picture with a pirate? |
 c3458 Charlotte Amalie |
 c3468 Charlotte Amalie |
 c3471 Dinner at the Spanish Amalie Restaurant |
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