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Re: BVIs are my crack
[Re: d_fish]
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07/20/2016 06:33 PM
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Posts: 2,448 Miramichi NB Canada
Sandsailsun
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I LOVE my friends....but the best trips have been Ward and I alone on Reef Song ( a 52 foot very basic mono) which we have no trouble sailing alone.....do it!!!!!
Kim
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Re: BVIs are my crack
[Re: SeanS]
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07/21/2016 02:53 AM
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Posts: 414 Memphis, TN
beerMe
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I think you should try it and see what you think! We normally sail as a couple, nobody knows how to sail or wants to try it where we come from, otherwise we'd get a group together on a big boat and share expenses. It's very relaxing not having to provision for others, doing what we want to do when we want to do it. The only thing is we've found 7 days just too short so we do a minimum of 10 days and prefer 14.
Life involves risks, take some prudent ones (NOT with the BVI ferries)!
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Re: BVIs are my crack
[Re: beerMe]
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07/21/2016 07:34 AM
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Posts: 1,961 St. John, USVI
RickG
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We love trips with just the two of us. CYOA's Hunter 36 is great and there new Beneteau 38s out there. Our routine on De Life has been a week with friends and then a week for just the two of us.
We do November every year and love it. There is a bit more rain than summer, sometimes a lot more. We sleep in the v-berth and just keep that one hatch open - short hatch dance. Last year we did four weeks October/November and it was the best.
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes, 2003 Beneteau 423 Grenada
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Re: BVIs are my crack
[Re: RickG]
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07/21/2016 09:11 AM
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Posts: 2,545 Here and There
rita_irvine
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We have chartered in BVI for 30 years. Many trips have been with one or two other couples, but we have also done some "just us" trips. I have to say that I love the quiet not in a hurry to show someone something pace of "just us". BVIYC has a lot of boats that would fit your needs. We have taken their newer 41 Beneteau "Tootsie" several times and just love the way it sails. Very comfy for one couple.
The first time we did "just us" I really wondered if I would have anything to talk to the hub about after a while. We had 10 days on boat, then 10 days on VG. It was just a perfect trip. No expectations, just floating on a sea of blue, swimming, dingy dinking etc. We are planning our next year trip now!!
Rita It is better to be happy than it is to be right
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Re: BVIs are my crack
[Re: RickG]
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07/22/2016 03:51 PM
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stoneyusaf
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I've done the mono thing and even powercats with only two on board.....it is just a different experience...the dynamics are different because you aren't having to consider anyone else when you decide to roll out of the sack.....make food or even get naked! (BTW.....the last one is a major plus when it's just the two of you... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />) To quote Nike.....JUST DO IT!!
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