The Boston Globe, January 8th, 1989
Part II: Of cruising the Caribbean, unexpected pets and a cruising guide. OFF THE SHORES OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS - When the anchor was set, Tom and I swam from the boat 50 yards to the palm-fringed white-sand beach of Caneel Bay on the west end of St. Thomas. The water here is typical of the 15-foot depths around the Virgin Islands: a light turquoise that, from the deck of a boat, is gin-clear to the bottom. From about 5-8 feet in depth, the water becomes more yellowish-green, then increasingly yellow, a color that sailors learn to avoid as much as the alarmingly ugly brown wash that signals a r...
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