We arrived in St. Croix around 3p and then had to navigate the channels around the reefs.  Even though the channels are fairly well marked, there are so many red and green buoys that it is difficult to figure out which way to go.  Then, we had to find a place to anchor, as most of the mooring balls in the area were private.  The area where the boats are parked was very crowded and Steve had to weave in and out of boats that were moored to find a place where we could anchor.  We had to re-anchor once because the first time we dropped the hook, we were too close to other boats.  We finally got ourselves set around 4p. 

Then, we looked up and a water plane was taking off right beside and behind where we were anchoring.  The wind was very strong in this anchorage and the waves were a couple of feet high.  It was a rough anchorage but at least the wind was keeping us pointed in one direction, meaning that we wouldn’t roll to much.