8,000 mile mark Westward through the Virgins Anchor to Anchor - St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Island) to Culebra (Spanish Virgin Island) - 20 miles - 3 hours La 18.18.5'N Lo 65.18.0'W Today, as we passed "sail rock" between two virgin islands, our log clicked over the 8,000 nautical mile mark, (since we pushed off from the dock in Penetanguishene, July 4, 2006). That's a lot of water under the keel! What better place to celebrate this milestone than beautiful, unspoiled Culebra, our favourite island. When we checked in with Customs they issued us a U.S. cruising permit ($19.U.S.), good for one year. While anchored at Culebra we enjoyed an afternoon of snorkelling along the "wall" off the west coast, and did extensive provisioning in anticipation of our passages to the Bahamas. We also enjoyed dinner ashore at Mamacitas restaurant though we had to practically move the eels and tarpoon fish aside to tie our dinghy to the dock.