As I look back on it, I can see that the boat boys are just trying to make a living, and by picking one (as our captain did), it shuts any one of them down pretty quickly. Willey from Union was very nice and we did buy some bread and water from him besides the very delicious bbq.

The real annoyances were on St Vincent, where the Taxi driver was taking some liberties.. the group didn't ask for guides to show up and then want to be paid when they went to the botanical gardens and fort. When asked for the amount it would cost for the all-day taxi up front, there was no answer (and we let it slide).. so it ended up in a hefty fee that seemed a little unreasonable. We also had a taxi (water & land) who was mad that he didn't get the fare for all of us to the airport and back from young island that wanted $100us for driving the captain back and forth to the airport and then ferrying us to our moored boat. Then the guys that showed up out of nowhere to help us carry our bags from the taxi to the dock (which we had to tell to leave), and then mooring cost at Clifton/Union for even an hour is annoying (40ec and 80ec overnight). They are shooting themselves in the foot if you ask me. Everyone at union asked us how many people we have and if we were staying the night for the band -- besides it being hot/no wind, we were turned off enough to not want to stay there.

again - with that said, we did have a fun time. The sunsets were amazing, the sea life was good, food we made and restaurants we went to had great food, and the fishing was fun.. the one sailfish on day 1 and some barracuda, tuna (which we made ceviche from) and one Jack that pulled REALLY hard initially and then when it got to the boat we found that it was hit by a shark and only half there. One highlight was risotto made from one of the Lobsters from the beach bbq and some crab. Simply amazing.