I agree with the comments about St. Croix. We spent shy of a week there in June 2017.

We started from Roadtown on a 48' cat, bounced around BVI for a few days, cleared in to USVI at Cruz Bay, spent part of a day in Charolette A then anchored in Brewers Bay (very protected bay just west of the STT airport. Up early the next day for St. Croix. Fun but salty sail close hauled in 20+ kt wind. Took us 5.5 hours (~40nm).

Anchored in Christiansted harbor and kicked around town for the afternoon. Very cute main waterfront area and nicely preserved colonial fort run by the NPS. Not much room to anchor in the main harbor. We heard Buck Island might be nice. Picked up a permit at the NPS office located in the fort and arrived at beautiful deserted Buck Island late in the afternoon.

Fantastic reef snorkeling (not a beginner spot) on the windward east end of the island (wet ride in the dink from the leeward anchorage). We stayed several days. Day boats would come over but we pretty much had the island to ourselves from late afternoon until mid morning.

We felt obligated to explore St. Croix a bit before heading back north. Sailed down to Salt River (~10nm). Not worth the trouble although I understand there is some great diving off the entrance to the bay. Back to Christiansted for a night squeezed in between several derelict boats. Then back "home" to Buck Is for another couple days.

Sailed back to Norman Is mostly close hauled in 18-25 kts. Took about 4.5 hours. Cleared in the next day at Roadtown and reprovisioned. Spent the 2nd week enjoying familiar spots in the BVI.

We tried to go back to St. Croix this last Feb, but the sea state was too much and we turned back after an hour. We will definitely try again. We found St. Croix to be much different than the rest of the VIs. A refreshing change. Hope to see you all in November, with any luck.

Husker.