RickG said:
Story from a Facebook friend today, Captain of their day boat 'Eau La La' was detained and boat seized checking into Jost. I know one of the passengers who's a business owner on St. John. The Captain checked in the boat and himself, but not the passengers. Now the passengers are working on getting back to the USVI.
The storie is still evolving. The passengers were detained for a five hours, then released. They got back to Cruz Bay with a local fisherman. "Jailed, fined $10K, boat seized" is what I heard from one of the participants, who also named the captain. There was also a lot of discussion about the practice of charging a customs fee, not checking in the passengers and pocketing the $40 per passenger.
If I see anything official I'll post a link.
We took the southern route from Coral Bay to VG/Gun Creek in January. After localsailior's story, it makes me wonder if that route is too risky.
Cheers, RickG
