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"The drinks are strong, of course he sounds good!" answered one of our crew. The scene was Marina Cay, British Virgin Islands and it was "Happy Arrr" on a February evening. The performer was Michael "Beans" Gardner, a Michigan- born entertainer and a popular one-man show in the BVI. I was there on a two- week, working vacation with Northern Breezes Sailing School. The first week was a four-boat, 21-person flotilla, led by Soper’s Hole at the west end of Tortola, British Virgin Islands Captain Thom Burns, owner of Northern Breezes, while week two was an Another option is to fly to St. Thomas in to give advice and keep them out of trou- American Sailing Association (ASA) the nearby U.S. Virgin Islands, then catch ble. We had all levels of participation in Basic Coastal Cruising/Bareboat a ferry for the 45-minute boat ride to our flotilla: one charterer followed the Chartering course, also conducted by Tortola.