July 2008

Arrrrrr!!! Its Summer in the Caribbean

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest, yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum, drink and the devil had done for the rest yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum.

On the South side of the Sir Francis Drake Channel and just to the East of Peter Islan is the Cay named Dead Chest. In the days of the  yore a "dead man'd chest" was the name for a coffin, the putline of which you can make out when viewing the island from the Northwest. Look even longer and the coffin appears to coontain a shrouded body with a raised head. As long ago as the late 1700's the cay's moniker was a Dead Chest, clearly marked on a Jeffrey's 18th century chart of the Virgin Islands. Folklore has it that the infamous pirate Blackbeard marooned fifteen  men on the cay with nothing but a bottle of rum. Some apparently tried to swim and half mile to Peter Island's eastern cove but didn't make it, giving this beautiful [palm lined bay the ominous name, "Dead Man's Bay".

HAPPY JULY......................................

The Long John Silver

3 oz Conch Superior Rum

3 oz Pineapple Juice

3 oz Orange Juice

1 1/2 oz Grapefruit Juice

1/2 oz Grenadine

Shake until frothy - serve in a long glass

1. Download the file (conch.exe).
2. Double click it when the download is complete.
3. Click "Unzip" in the message box that appears. Don't change the "Unzip to folder" location.
4. Click "Ok" when it's all done.
5. Select "Conch Charters" from your list of Screen Savers
6. You're set!