We have chartered every summer in the BVI since 1981 (July/August for Festival). Bareboat until a last minute Birthday Cruise in Feb, 2003 when we convinced Joe at Patouche to let us charter his day sailer (46' catamaran) but it included "boatboy" Jason for the week. This 19y/o young man was such a delight to have onboard along with the eight of us that we chartered with him for three more years during the summer. But we also learned something. Local knowledge rules. From that time onward for all these years we have chartered with the Moorings and arranged to have Jimmy Hodge skipper with us. He is invisible until you need him. It is just like bareboating until something needs fixing or ???. Need a safari van on Anegada, a mooring late in the day at Cooper, dock space anywhere in the BVI, lobster in the summer, a sail repaired mid-channel, Jimmy gets it done. Once he arranged to have 3 lbs of lox delivered to our boat in Trellis Bay. Once you take a local skipper you will never turn back. So 3 hours may turn into a week. I have Jimmy's cell if ever needed by anyone.