Carnival Festivities - St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.

We arrived in St. Thomas just in time for the final climax to their 20 days of carnival festivities.
We dropped anchor in the main harbour of Charlotte Amalie on April 25th. As we've made numerous stops here in the last couple of months it was extremely odd, for the first time, to see the cruise ship dock empty - hard to believe the season is coming to an end. Makes us feel like it's time to start thinking about heading south.
The carnival party was in full swing with a concert underway on shore, just off our bow. We enjoyed the music through the evening but were glad for the quiet when it finally came at 3 a.m.
The next day we danced along with the parade (well, for 6 hours anyway) then headed back to Sea Star. Much to our shock, as we headed out into the harbour (Barry rowing us along) I could see our boat moving off in the distance!! I could see someone was on board and a powerboat along-side. I started shooting pictures as Barry rowed for all he was worth. We finally caught up to her to find the Police on-board, relocating her (anchor and all) to clear the area for the fireworks display that evening.
We probably should have been upset but we were just so relieved to find that she wasn't being stolen. We lifted anchor and happily moved out of the way.