Someone's is always bigger

L'ORIENT is a big sailboat.........technically based on its length, it qualifies as a yacht. In the Port Annapolis Marina, it even stuck out into Back Creek because it didn't fit into a regular slip. But in the BVI, L'ORIENT is a minnow among whales.

Pictured at left is just one of our mega-yacht neighbors here in Virgin Gorda. The sailboat in the background (not L'ORIENT) is 42 ft, to give you some perspective. The boom of this boat is about 4 ft wide, and it has 5 spreaders on the main mast. Not sure how many crew are required to sail this boat, but it's more than 3. But at least it's a sailboat. Some of the motor yachts are larger, and look like hotels floating on their sides.  Today we horrified our mega-yacht neighbors by doing laundry and hanging it out to dry all over the boat. We looked like a hillbillies to be sure, but hey.......this isn't our weekend toy; we live on this boat. 

Tonight, while they eat caviar served by uniformed crew, we will be doing barbecued chicken with cheap wine........spending a lot less but feeling a lot more at home.