Christmas Cove and Pizza Pi

Our plan for our destination was to sail east to the island of St John. The seas were rough again as we headed out with Karen and Walter. We stayed close to land, motoring from Water Island through the cut between Hassel Island and Charlotte Amalie, and through the large bay. Sailing east towards St John, the seas continued to be rough, so we decided to moor in Christmas Cove for the night and sail to St John the next day.

Christmas Cove is on an uninhabited island at the southeast end of St Thomas. It's very quiet and and has room for only a few boats. The water sparkles and snorkeling is good along the reefs. 

There is an interesting business in Christmas Cove: a take-out pizza place, called Pizza Pi, run out of a boat on the water. We hunkered down for the night, played some mah jongg, and called in our pizza order. Kent and Walter dinghy-ed over to the boat and picked up our fresh pizza from a carry out window built into the stern of the Pizza Pi boat. Pretty cool. And good pizza too. Plus we got two hours of free WiFi along with our pizza order!