The sun is setting over St. George and the anchorage is filled with boats waiting for a good opportunity to continue their voyages. Some, like us, are going to Horta in the Azores, others are en route to the United States or the Canadian East Coast. There are flags from Britain, France, Denmark, Germany, St. Kitts/Nevis, flown on sloops, yawls, ketches and even schooners of all sizes.
Small cruise ships also moor in St. George (as in only ten storeys or so high). They are one of the reasons that Bermuda Radio monitors all arrivals and departures - no other vessels is going to be able to transit the main cut into the harbour when one of these is going in or out.
These dinghies were racing out of the East End Mini Yacht Club (in the pink building), through the cruising boats and across the harbour. They looked as if they were thoroughly enjoying themselves.
From St. George we walked to Fort St. Catherine. On the way we passed beaches and there was a golf course that the roads ran through. The road going up to the Fort overlooked this small beach and gave us a different view of the other roads we had walked along.
All kinds of people ride scooters - all ages, shapes and sizes. Bermudans on their scooters seem so comfortable that it looks as if they were born riding them...
In the middle of this picture is one of the Fitted Dinghies, with its long bowsprit, large sails and low freeboard (sides). Six is the standard number aboard, necessary to keep the boat as level as possible and bail when needed - which seems to be often.
Downtown in Hamilton, capital of Bermuda, on a Saturday morning. There are lots of cars and scooters on the streets, and pedestrians on the sidewalks. People are out shopping and looking; for the young people we saw it seemed to be a "see and be seen" kind of day and place.
The sun is setting over St. George and the anchorage is filled with boats waiting for a good opportunity to continue their voyages. Some, like us, are going to Horta in the Azores, others are en route to the United States or the Canadian East Coast. There are flags from Britain, France, Denmark, Germany, St. Kitts/Nevis, flown on sloops, yawls, ketches and even schooners of all sizes.
Small cruise ships also moor in St. George (as in only ten storeys or so high). They are one of the reasons that Bermuda Radio monitors all arrivals and departures - no other vessels is going to be able to transit the main cut into the harbour when one of these is going in or out.
These dinghies were racing out of the East End Mini Yacht Club (in the pink building), through the cruising boats and across the harbour. They looked as if they were thoroughly enjoying themselves.
From St. George we walked to Fort St. Catherine. On the way we passed beaches and there was a golf course that the roads ran through. The road going up to the Fort overlooked this small beach and gave us a different view of the other roads we had walked along.
All kinds of people ride scooters - all ages, shapes and sizes. Bermudans on their scooters seem so comfortable that it looks as if they were born riding them...
In the middle of this picture is one of the Fitted Dinghies, with its long bowsprit, large sails and low freeboard (sides). Six is the standard number aboard, necessary to keep the boat as level as possible and bail when needed - which seems to be often.
Downtown in Hamilton, capital of Bermuda, on a Saturday morning. There are lots of cars and scooters on the streets, and pedestrians on the sidewalks. People are out shopping and looking; for the young people we saw it seemed to be a "see and be seen" kind of day and place.
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