So glad I found this forum - great info here! I have a question for those of you who may be experienced in crewed charters. We have a group of 6 looking to book a crewed charter (our first) the 1st week of July 2013. One of our first issues is to decide whether to start in Red Hook or Tortola. It seems a lot easier to get to St Thomas from the midwest especially since American Airlines seems to be cutting flights to EIS. I am wondering if we would miss out on great things by sailing out of Red Hook during a 7 night charter. Has anyone done both? Which would be better for first timers. Also any suggestions on Catamarans for 6 of us in our 30s-40s? There seems to be so many great choices