Don't worry about questioning my competence - I certainly do from time to time. Glad to have your informed advice. I had sort of come to the conclusion that base plan should be for using moorings at night and day stop anchorages for most part. Worry will be the Spring Break crowd and not enough space.

We booked to avoid UK holidays, and did not even think about US - duh...

Interestingly, this months Yachting World has a letter to the editor complaining about a group called Yacht Week that came in and took over a bay in Med (can't recall where), and basically caused a minor bit of havoc for the writer. Of course - they might just have been a bit of a grump - two sides to every... I guess good thing about BVI is that there is usually another option nearby.

Our plan is definitely a slip at Leverick for a couple of nights including the Friday.