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Re: spanish vi
[Re: BaardJ]
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08/08/2016 03:56 PM
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RickG
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C&I is at the airport. It is about a 20-minute walk right (north) from the town dock. The office is open until 5ish when the officer flies back to PR. There is an after hours number you can call to check in. The information on noonsite is current.
If you do not have a current DTOPS decal you will need to buy one. We own De Life, so we (mostly) keep the DTOPS renewed every year.
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes, 2003 Beneteau 423 Grenada
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Re: spanish vi
[Re: BaardJ]
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08/08/2016 04:03 PM
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BaardJ - I've played this game a few times. I've won a couple and lost a couple.
So, the right thing to do is to sail to Dewey, drop the hook and call customs to check in. Custom's is located at the airport.
However, We like spending the first two days at Culebrita. Trouble is, the cell service in Baya Tortugas is very bad.
Soooo... if you want to squint it a little, call customs (877-529-6840) when you're about two miles east of Culebrita. Note that this actually gets you a custom's office in PR, not Culebra. Have all passports in hand. Tell them you left St. Thomas a few hours earlier and you're approaching your SVI anchorage and are calling to clear in. Hopefully they will check you on through and let you stop at Culebrita.
If they tell you you have to go to Dewey it takes about an hour to get there from Culebrita. If you arrive about 3:30pm it's HIGHLY UNLIKELY that customs, who is way out at the airport, will want to visit your vessel so close to closing time (5pm). We've played this game twice.
So we dropped a lunch hook in Dewey, cleared in by phone and then beat feet back to Culebrita (another hour). The great thing about Culebrita is that about 4pm just about everybody leaves and you'll probably have your pick of mooring balls. It's not like the BVI, where you can be sunk trying to get a mooring after 4pm.
Good luck!
(P.S. we had a great vacation on Cuvee about a month ago!)
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Re: spanish vi
[Re: Twanger]
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08/08/2016 05:06 PM
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Why would a US citizen have to check in if coming from STT?
Last edited by dayhiker; 08/08/2016 05:17 PM.
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Re: spanish vi
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08/08/2016 05:34 PM
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dayhiker said: Why would a US citizen have to check in if coming from STT? That's actually a good question, one that I have not heard a really good answer to. What I've heard is that "It's a different economic zone." In actuality I think there's a lot of drug traffic in the area being moved by small craft, and they want to know about everybody out on the water. I've had C&I go-fast boats come blasting out of Rosy Rhodes to check up on us. It seems like once they realized I spoke English with a Yankee accent they lost interest in us.
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Re: spanish vi
[Re: BaardJ]
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08/10/2016 08:07 PM
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Another vote for Zaco's Tacos...
[color:"red"]NUTMEG[/color] Today is the tomorrow you talked about yesterday.
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Re: spanish vi
[Re: Nutmeg]
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08/10/2016 09:13 PM
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RickG
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Heather's, Zaco's, Mamacitas and the vendors at Flamenco Beach. Milka's Grocery has good steaks and fresh very lean ground beef.
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes, 2003 Beneteau 423 Grenada
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Re: spanish vi
[Re: Twanger]
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08/11/2016 11:38 AM
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We liked Dakity a lot. There are some moorings there and it is very protected. The water is swimmable vs. the anchorage off of Dewey. There is supposed to be a pair of Manatees who live in this area.
When we sailed back to the USVI we took the northern route between Jost and St. Thomas and spent the night at Maho Bay, St. John. We were rocking and rolling, but it was about the same amount of time as trying to get to the south coast of St. Thomas.
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes, 2003 Beneteau 423 Grenada
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Re: spanish vi
[Re: JD_Midnight]
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08/12/2016 05:39 PM
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JD_Midnight said: For canadians going to SVI: will be in USVI for a week then heading to SVI... Any special check in? And on return do we re- check in again at USVI (st John) ? Thanks. We had two Canadians on board last time we went to the SVI. This cause us no special worry. HOWEVER - please make sure you have passport stamped coming into the US. Our Canadians drove across the Canuk/US border and didn't get their passports stamped somehow. When we got to Puerto Rico they were heavily questioned about "why not" and where did they enter the US, and how!
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