Spring is in the Air on Lyric Sails!
Wow, it’s already April! Where did the time go? People often ask me how it’s possible to live in an endless summer, with little seasonal change. Often I joke that we do have seasons, hurricane season and non-hurricane season. But there is a more subtle difference in the ebb and flow of a year in Caribbean.
Personally, I love this time of year, when the sun sets later and rises earlier, and we eek out just that extra smidgen of daylight. The seas calm, but the breeze persists. The days are still warm, and the nights retain a slight tropical chill. Normally, our tourists and snowbirds would start fleeing back north, but this year, with our tourist season so altered by last year’s storms, there is an energy of return on island. Tourists with previously delayed vacations are returning to discover a new time of year. More long-term residents are returning as their homes get fixed and opportunities arise. And as they have for 100’s of years, the leatherback sea turtles have begun nesting on Sandy Point once more, undeterred.
With that in mind, Happy Spring and Happy April! We hope you will come out and join us for a sunset sail this month! The sunsets have been spectacular lately–the combination of slight cloud cover and Sahara dust make for some amazing colors. On clear days, we’ve even been seeing green flashes! Also, we have our Pier back! The FEMA ship is gone, so you can walk down the pier or jump off it during the day! The Pier lights have been restored (thank you VI Port Authority) so free to talk a walk down the pier after your sail and look for turtles and tarpons! Apparently there was even a baby whale shark sighting by the pier this past week!
Some of our musical highlights this month include Jahnee Redlocks for Reggae Night on April 14th and Steve Katz on April 7 and April 28th. The Drunk Dumplins are playing for our Stargazing and Sunset Sail on April 17th–we do these sails on the night of the New Moon and this is an excellent chance to see bioluminescence in the water. On the other end of the spectrum, R&B Connection is playing our April Full Moon sail on the 29th. These sails have been selling out early, so book sooner rather than later!
Also on April 22nd we are excited to host new guest Chef Lamar Bough for Wine on the Water. Lamar will be cooking a 6 course farm-to-boat meal, paired with wines from Bellows/Prestige. We can’t wait to see what he comes up with!
See you on board!
-Emily
Book online at www.lyricsails.com/make-a-booking or call 340-201-5227
THE MUSIC SCHEDULE
What’s Up in Frederiksted?
RESTAURANTS
Tap Deck Bar & Billiards,
Now open for lunch 11AM-3pm, dinner 4-9.30pm, bar open 11AM-until
Polly’s.at the Pier open 8am-3pm Mon-Sat
Rhythms at Rainbow Beach open 11am-7pm daily
Turtles Deli Mon-Fri 8am-3pm
Mount Pellier Domino Club
Beachside Cafe Open Thurs-Mon 10am-9pm
Louie and Nacho’s Beach Bar (old Turtles After Dark), 11am-10pm daily
Lost Dog Pub (pizza is back!) 3PM-Until Daily
Sweet Bites Cake Shop (reopening April 7th on King Street)
Roots n Kulcha–awesome vegan food on Market Street
RETAIL
Mollys/SCUBA West
Cane Bay Dive Shop
Adventures in Diving
Susan Mango (Pier 69 courtyard)
N2 the Blue
Franklin’s
S&B Liquor
Stop and Shop Grocery
HOTELS
The Fred
Inn on Strand (formally the Frederiksted Hotel)
Cottages by the Sea
Sandcastles by the Beach
Caribbean Breeze Apts & Vacation Rentals
LUNCH AT TAP DECK
Tap Deck will be open for lunch M-F starting April 2nd. Come chill out in the cold A/C from 11AM onwards. The kitchen will be open from 11AM-3PM, and the dinner menu will be from 4PM-9.30PM, every day. Come check out the revised menu and daily specials from Poke to Chef Eva’s famous Gumbo!
Don’t forget, we also offer private day sails charters out of Frederiksted! This is a chance to do some fun and different sailing on St. Croix! Lately the winds have been high, and we’ve clocked up to 14kts on Jolly Mon under full sail! See the west end, Sandy point, South Shore and Hamm’s Bluff. We have a few anchorages on the West End where we stop for snorkeling, swimming and relaxing. Lunch is provided on our full day sail, snacks on the half day sail, and there’s an open bar on both trips!
Sea Zen
"Despite the forecast, live like its Spring."
-Lily Pulitzer