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Trip has started!
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06/12/2018 02:35 PM
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We arrived STT today. We will spend the night here and catch the 2:30 ferry over to Roadtown for a sleepaboard at the Moorings. Stanley from love cab was ontime as always to pick us up. Staying at the Galleon hotel which is looking like a mistake. Will Update hotel situation tomorrow. Damage in ST Thomas not as bad as I expected. Looks like a lot of cleanup and repairs accomplished but a lot more to go. Weather is good except for a ton of dust reducing vis to about 3 miles. Does not seem like Sahara dust and has a really gritty feel. Hopefully better in the BVI. Will add more tomorrow! G
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06/12/2018 02:57 PM
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06/12/2018 03:37 PM
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I don’t know, does not have the orange tint of Sahara dust and seems grittier. G
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06/14/2018 11:21 AM
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Re: Trip has started!
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06/15/2018 10:22 AM
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Was Cooper full? What time? When we were there 2 weeks ago Cooper was the only place we saw with the mooring field full. I would say last buoy was taken around 3?..A lot of boats coming around noon to 1pm
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06/15/2018 04:01 PM
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I don’t know, does not have the orange tint of Sahara dust and seems grittier. G If the dust was grayish and there was a southerly flow of air then it’s must be the fine pumice from the Montserrat volcano which is gritty
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06/16/2018 04:35 AM
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George, you might be able to get air from sunchaser. They operate out of a trailer over at BEYC.
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06/16/2018 01:28 PM
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Maybe idiots should find safer activities. Please post your diving experiences
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Maybe idiots should find safer activities. Please post your diving experiences Only two dives so far. Will hit it harder later in the week. Bronco Billy was great, exactly as I remembered it. I tend to go past the usual turn around point at the cavern. Some nice rock formations about 50 yards past. Kodiack Queen was ok. It has some fun simple penetrations and decent fish life. First time we have had to wait for a ball. Dive boat on one and charter boat on another. Rental powerboat showed up and went right over the top of the wreck at about 10 knots. I think the crewmeber on the sunchaser boat gave them a piece of his mind. Sunchaser pulled their last diver onboard and dropped the ball within two minutes. Not everyone is that courteous when people are waiting. Very professional operation.
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06/17/2018 06:27 PM
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Monkey point for lunch today. Looks like it survived ok but much less fish life than normal. Probably just caught it on a off day. CDB for crew pickup and to spend the night. Does not look as bad a I expected but extensive damage. We wish we had gone over to Jost. Loud and I mean really loud music being blasted into the bay. Jet skies racing between the boats and within 30 feet of the kids on our boat swimming. CGB is a place I once loved but I won’t overnight here again.
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06/17/2018 09:20 PM
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George, perhaps you were merely at CGB on a bad day.
I thought that the jet skis were only in use on cruise ship days.
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06/17/2018 09:46 PM
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We were also at CGB this past Wednesday and would agree about the blasting music - not crazy, but certainly letting us know that they were looking to gather a party on the beach. As far as the jet ski or other traffic - we didn't have any of that while we were there. Quite a bit of construction taking place throughout the bay and it was a positive sign!
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06/18/2018 07:07 PM
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I Hope that the weather is favorable for the playgrounds next trip down
Warren S/V Scuba Doo Lagoon 50 (winner of best crewed yacht under 55 feet at the St. Thomas crewed yacht boat show) and Lagoon 450, (both part of the Charter Caribe fleet (all inclusive charters) -St Thomas USVI https://chartercaribe.com/charters/ ).
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