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Re: Flights are a BEAR - Advice needed for meeting crew on Day 2 St. Thomas
[Re: Thistle]
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02/11/2018 06:34 PM
02/11/2018 06:34 PM
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Been in pretty much that same position. First, it's not your job to wait for crew coming in late. They need to catch up. What we've done in the past is sail to Maho and spend the night there. The next day start a bit slow and take your time. Go to West End. Your friends can take the ferry when they get in and meet you there. Depends a little on what time they get there but a short sail over to Norman for the night. Everyone will be happy. Did this a couple of years ago and it worked out just fine.
Make sure you tell C&I that you have two crew coming on the ferry and that they will be coming with you on the boat back out (i.e., not leaving Tortola on the ferry). That's a little unusual so make sure they understand your plans.
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Re: Flights are a BEAR - Advice needed for meeting crew on Day 2 St. Thomas
[Re: Thistle]
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02/11/2018 07:27 PM
02/11/2018 07:27 PM
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SailNow
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Good advice, except that I don't think there is a ferry to West End yet. No ferry dock. You would have to meet them in Road Town, unless they take a cab to West End or one of the marinas. Nanny Cay maybe?
If it was me I would take the red eye flight before I missed a day of sailing...
Last edited by SailNow; 02/11/2018 07:28 PM.
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Re: Flights are a BEAR - Advice needed for meeting crew on Day 2 St. Thomas
[Re: agrimsrud]
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02/11/2018 08:03 PM
02/11/2018 08:03 PM
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Been in pretty much that same position. First, it's not your job to wait for crew coming in late. They need to catch up. I have to agree. We here on the east coast always envy our West Coast friend's connections to Hawaii and French Polynesia. This is their turn to envy our connections to the Caribbean. Last summer, some west coast friends left a day early and spent a night at the Emerald Beach resort in STT near the airport to meet us. Heck they wound up being the most rested of the whole group. I have to agree with SailNow...perhaps they don't realize what a disruption they are causing. A day early or the red eye sounds like the best plan.
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Re: Flights are a BEAR - Advice needed for meeting crew on Day 2 St. Thomas
[Re: Thistle]
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02/11/2018 11:02 PM
02/11/2018 11:02 PM
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I'd take the red eye in a second. I'd much rather travel when I'd be sleeping vs waste a day travelling. When we traveled prior to having our son, we'd take the red eye all the time. Got us in essentially a day earlier without having to take any added time off. Instead of arriving on Tortola end of the day, we'd get there the beginning of the day and spend that first night in an anchorage vs being on the dock.
Matt
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Re: Flights are a BEAR - Advice needed for meeting crew on Day 2 St. Thomas
[Re: Thistle]
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02/12/2018 10:23 AM
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Thanks everyone for confirming what I was able to find as well. Trying to coordinate meeting my friends once we've left the CYOA base seems like folly. As I've experienced for years not coming from direct flight city, the BVIs are not easy to reach especially from the West Coast and now post-hurricane with limited flights. I suspect my friends will bail once they take a look at the fares and the time it's going to take. A red-eye to a 3 1/2 hour layover in either ATL or MIA isn't that compelling considering the $1,300 roundtrip coach fare.
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Re: Flights are a BEAR - Advice needed for meeting crew on Day 2 St. Thomas
[Re: Thistle]
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02/12/2018 06:50 PM
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BaardJ
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Hopefully this isn't redundant, since you've received many suggestions and comments.
They might be able to catch a ferry from Red Hook over to Jost. Pick them up in morning at Great Harbor dock. We did this with some family that were traveling separate so they could spend a couple nights on the charter boat while we were under way.
Not sure of ferry schedules, but did see ferry coming and going while in Jost last week. The US C&I office is out of commission on St John so the Red Hook to JVD (via Cruz Bay) service is indefinitely suspended. All ferries to/from USVI to Tortola are currently via Charlotte Amalie.
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Re: Flights are a BEAR - Advice needed for meeting crew on Day 2 St. Thomas
[Re: CGB]
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02/19/2018 04:20 AM
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wow, that's a great price today... sadly, not so, north of the 49th such is the way it is
Westjet yyz-anu IC anu-eis 450$ one way. Off by 9am on by Tbay hh. Naw pablum
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