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Trip report
#163177
06/12/2018 04:33 AM
06/12/2018 04:33 AM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 98
rstevens
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Just finished a trip with my wife, son, his wife, their 11-month-old daughter, sister-in-law and her 14-year-old son. Because my son lives on St. Thomas and has a toddler, I decided to charter a boat with CYOA in St. Thomas, instead of with Moorings out of Roadtown. The monohull was a 45 foot 2017 Oceanis with generator, three staterooms, two heads, and a refrigerator in the cooler in the largest cockpit I have ever had on a monohull. No stepping over feet while moving about. Excellent boat.
Getting the boat in St. Thomas made it easier to provision the night before we embarked from French Town and headed to pick up the girls at Red Hook. Made it to Jost, Great Harbor just after the customs office closed. Steaks on the grill. Customs at 8 am. Took an hour to fill out the forms for seven people. Baby had a birth certificate. $849 in and out. Stopped by Foxy's in the morning to buy some rum because we had consumed the bottle we had on board the night before. Had to buy two bottles of Foxy's Firewater because they won't accept credit cards for purchases of less than $20. Firewater is $12 a bottle.
Picked up a mooring at Cane Garden Bay for a lunch hook (mooring). Lots of construction going on. Snorkeled at Monkey Point. Spent the evening at Marina Cay. Dinner at Pusser's. Nice.
Made a flyby of Trellis. Worried about hitting wrecks in the water while looking at lots of wrecks on land. Sad.
No moorings available at The Baths, so we picked one up at Fallen Jerusalem, which I have never visited. Nice.
Picked up a mooring at Leverick because they said on the radio they had no slips available. Went ashore where we were told the guys on the dock are the only ones that really know if slips are available. There were two, so we moved to slip #13. Helpful dock hands. Tipped them $20 for their advice because i don't do docks very well. Kinda windy. (That's my excuse.) Danced with the Jumbies (Saturday night) and my granddaughter. Had a great time.
Talked to Nick in the morning. Good to see him for the first time in person. He said the slips were booked for the week, but they had two cancelations. Learned that the owner had a construction company who quickly brought in 150 workers to repair the premises after the hurricanes. Place looks great.
In the morning we cruised by Saba Rock, where my son got married two years ago. Made my daughter-in-law cry. They are making progress, though. Looks like they will be in business next year, if not sooner. Bitter End apparently will take longer. The smoke from the fire burned our eyes. Worried about wrecks under the water. Dinner at Cooper. Nice.
Of course, we had to stop by Willy T. Lots of boats apparently celebrated her arrival. They didn't look too hungover. T looked great.
On to St. John for the evening. Picked up a mooring at Caneel. Heard they agreed to extend the lease. Dinner at High Tide. Ok.
Spent the last evening at Magens Bay, which is probably the finest anchorage I have ever visited. We were the only sailboat there. Beautiful mile long beach with a few combers. Dinner on board with friends from the island. Nice.
Last edited by rstevens; 06/12/2018 04:34 AM.
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Re: Trip report
[Re: Schwendy]
#163195
06/12/2018 10:19 AM
06/12/2018 10:19 AM
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Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 833 Houston, Texas
louismcc
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How long in advance did you contact Leverick for a slip? I put my email and pm TTOL request in to Nick 3 days ago for July 22 and haven't heard anything yet. I sent an email to nick@surfbvi.com about a slip reservation for next month and had a response within 2 days, so you might try that route.
Louis from Houston
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Re: Trip report
[Re: Schwendy]
#163200
06/12/2018 10:55 AM
06/12/2018 10:55 AM
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Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 503
ski2play
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[quote=Schwendy][/quote] Hey you! Our tickers are identical! Fun Fun Fun! Be sure to say hey when you are on/near/around Jost Van Dyke. We are the bright orange villa across from Sandy Spit on the East End!
Last edited by ski2play; 06/12/2018 10:56 AM.
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Re: Trip report
[Re: rstevens]
#163204
06/12/2018 11:25 AM
06/12/2018 11:25 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 966 Middleburg, VA
cwoody
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Thanks for report. Sounds like a great trip. Did you clear back into USVI at Cruz Bay?
Chuck W.
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Re: Trip report
[Re: ski2play]
#163207
06/12/2018 11:47 AM
06/12/2018 11:47 AM
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 348 Pittsburgh, PA
Schwendy
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Awesome! Will do! Hey you! Our tickers are identical! Fun Fun Fun! Be sure to say hey when you are on/near/around Jost Van Dyke. We are the bright orange villa across from Sandy Spit on the East End!
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