Wednesday 02 Decenber

Wednesday 02 December - 760 miles from Cape Verde
It has been pointed out to me that I have not introduced Sterling. Sterling Spencer. One day back at Marina San Miguel on Tenerife a young man came walking down the pontoon, stopped and said, "I understand you need crew." I said,"Yep". He said,"I'm your man." I told him to come back in a few weeks. The third time he came by I said,"Yep, we sail on the 16th." He wants to sail to the Caribbean, and I can take him there. There might be a picture of him on adventtwo.blogspot.com. I haven't had internet in a long time and I don't know what is on the blogspot. I think it has these daily updates, some pictures, links to other pictures, and a link to the inReach satellite track. If you go to the inReach track all you may see is ocean. You will have to zoom way out to see where we are relative to land.
So we are going to the Caribbean. The problem is that we do not have a destination. Sterling has been making his way sailing on a private yacht to a resort area and getting a job until he moves on, sailing to a new exotic location. I told him I would take him anywhere he wanted to go. The problem is that neither he nor I know of any tourist locations in the Caribbean. His best opportunity will be at a place where the cruise ships land, where there are resorts, hotels, tourist catamaran, tourist snorkel boats, bars, night clubs, etc. I will use Caicos Island (Turks & Caicos) as an example. There is an east side of the island and a west side. The west side is the "boat side". I know the boat side. There is the marina, kite boarding beach, anchorage, supermarket. Get in the car and drive to the east side of the island to Providenciales, (Provo), however, and there are resorts, hotels, snorkel boats, the whole thing. The kind of place he is looking for. I am somewhat familiar with the Caribbean Islands, but I am only familiar with the boat side. What I see is a seaside village with a beautiful anchorage, not resorts and restaurants.
So I am requesting input. Surely some of you have been to the Caribbean, maybe on a cruise ship, and know the location of some resort beaches. Please let me know. It would really help.
Bill Doar
s/v Advent II