Kirsten and Steve tried standing up on the foil board while being towed behind the dingy.  After a quick break, they got the wing out and practiced with it.  They did fairly well for just starting out.  For those of us on the boats, they provided fun entertainment to watch. 

We also went snorkeling to our favorite spot just off of Bird Island.  It is fairly rough in this area, as waves and current pushed us around as we snorkeled.  We had to be very careful to not get pushed into the coral.  The fish in this area are larger than anywhere else that we have seen.  We saw schools of Blue Tang as well as Sergent Majors, Groupers, Yellow Goatfish, and others.  In addition, there were beautiful Fans and Elk Horn coral formations.  After snorkeling, we wound our way through the coral in the dingy (easier said than done), and beached our tender on Bird Island’s beach.  The water here is so clear and calm.  The white sand is fine.  Mangrove trees line the shore.  It truly is a slice of paradise.  Steve and Kirsten went walking around Bird Island.  They have made several improvements to the trail as well as added new, mint-green picnic tables along the beach.

This evening we received a nice surprise.  The large boat in the anchorage, the Marie, sent their crew to both of our boats with a bottle of wine to say “Thanks for sharing the anchorage with us.”  It was a very nice gesture for the holiday.  The crew who delivered the bottle said that they were heading down to Falmouth for New Year’s Eve to participate in the re-enactment on their sister ship, the Rebecca.  Apparently the English Harbour management selects a slow boat and puts a French flag on it.  Other older boats fly a British flag and chase the French out of the Harbour.  We told the crew that we were heading down to Falmouth for New Year’s Eve as well.  We would miss the reenactment but would be there in the evening.