Where is this?

Looks like the Similans Teddy which would make that Koh Similan (But Richard said that already)
And that is the sail stone as they call it. Island Number 8. (Donald duck bay would be Paul's boatbuilding character .)

 

Right Mike .. the rock on the right is the Sail rock and left one the "Donald Duck", and right on, the bay is called the Donald Duck Bay. The "opposite view picture is taken by the Sail rock. Koh means any island.
Nice place, though too much divers sometimes.. popular place among salty cruisers too..
One more view benieth the waves..

 

This old fort, it was not signed and quite hard to get to. Funny they make a great fuss of old sugar mills but here there was an extensive historical fort with a dark history following a revolution of slaves. On the coast below was a coastal battery with some big rotting cannon lying in their embrasures. Piles of canon ball have recently been taken by fishermen for weights.

Fort built by Denmark, standing on its rampart (no mean feat to get up there I climbed a tree) I took a picture bearing around NE The first ridge is the same territory the second requires passing through border control.

The anchorage was full of live-aboards and I had an exposed anchorage out by the old riveted steel 3 masted ex Great Lakes trading schooner. The photo of the anchorage is taken from a hilltop across the bay from the fort and looks toward it.

What’s the name of the fort?

 

Frederiksvaern?
Coral harbour..............

 

Yes Coral Harbor a gift to most anyone who has sailed the Carrib. Hence I asked for the fort (Not Frederik... ) since it seems to be a lost spot in an otherwise busy tourist destination.

Probably one of the older and more historic sites in US territory but purchased from Denmark.

F is the fort B is the related coastal battery. It's completely hidden by the bush and many locals don't know just where it is.

I found it mind boggling that this is not mentioned anywhere in any of the tourist blurb for this island and was not even mentioned in the park headquarters, it's hard to find and unsigned but what the locals called the 'taxi-mafia' can't drive to it so it's forgotten in favor of old cane sugar processing plants.

It is on the marine charts.

It has a dark and horrific blot in it's history But darkeness aside it's a gem, I had a quiet half day pottering around finding old walls paths cisterns and photographing some wildlife with no-one else within miles.

The houses on the hill below weren't there then. Everyone moves to paradise and it becomes another developers cash cow.

The cannon is one of several at the Battery site.

But the name and the history ?

 

http://www.stjohnhistoricalsociety.org/Articles/DanishStruggle.htm

 

Christiansværn

 

From
http://www.nps.gov/chri/historyculture/stories.htm

 

It is Fort Frederiksvaern, it is on the Fortsberg (means Forts Hill) and so it is known as Fortsberg

The skinny leg bar is not far..........................cheers



Christiansvaern is on St Croix Raggi, we are on ST John.

 

Ragnar Not St Croix

Fort Berg on the maps. The fort was siezed by the slaves who hid machettes in bundles of firewood and killed the small garison. The slaves held the fort for weeks and the Danes asked the French for assistance to recapture it. After the french garisson from StMartin arrived and negotiations with the slaves they were invited to surrender in return for a pardon but a return to slavery, many killed themselves but the men and women who accepted the deal and walked out were first imprisoned and then inhumanely torn to bits with irons by torturers in the square in st John.

It was to discourage further revolt and show that deals would not be kept with slaves. It was interesting to sit up there knowing the history.


The floor is yours Richard.

PS
Yes I went to the bar, I had an entertaining evening there with a group of truckers from Milwaukee after I was hit by a horseshoe when a very drunk player missed his shot.

 

Mike, I would like to leave it to you, to make the next turn. I am sailing at present. But of course log in when GSM is in reach.........

 

Sorry, messed up and was carried away

 

You have to learn not to get so excited Ragnar


OK

This is a fantastic staue of Charlotte Meclenburg (German royal consort of George III of England ) nothing to do with Charlotte Amilie and was outside the airport whre I flew from to pick up my last boat in the Carrib.

Any idea which airport it is?

 

Google suggests Charlotte Airport in North Carolina..

 

Too easy don't give us another lighthouse

OK the floor is yours.