I used to like flying to STT and taking the ferry to Tortola. It was fun. The last few times the experience at C/I was so unpleasant that I vowed to never do it again. Luckily Southwest now has a non-stop flight to PR for us. One connection and we're at EIS and short time later we're with friends at De Loose Mongoose having a cold one or three. Then they drive us over to the charter base. I've never sailed to the USVI's on a charter, so I've never really considered chartering from there. Just doesn't make sense to me. I've done land-based trips to St Johns. St Thomas just doesn't do it for me.