On our way to Britian

The BVI, that is...we saw lots of amazing boats on this trip - I think the Virgin Islands are a sailor's paradise. They don't have tides - 8" on a good day (I asked the captain of our boat to the BVI)! I was boggled by that, but it certainly made it easy to cram a whole bunch of boats into the harbors.

I'm not sure why these boats had their sails up like this - we saw several like that. Any thoughts? Dad?