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Re: RIB range
[Re: cmceinc]
#198604
06/25/2019 01:52 PM
06/25/2019 01:52 PM
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Need some help with a possible RIB adventure. My wife and I will be in Tortola for ten days January 2020. We have always thoroughly enjoyed renting a boat and doing a little exploring on our own. Can't beat pulling up to a beach and being the only couple! It appears Island Time BVI will rent RIB's out of Road Town, East End and West End. Is a RIB acceptable to venture to another island from one of these locations? Of course depending on weather conditions. And what island/s would be within these launch points? TIA What size RIB?
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Re: RIB range
[Re: NCSailor]
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06/25/2019 05:02 PM
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If I were to rent one to do a "little" Island hopping (assuming a small Rib) I would rent out of East End. That gives you Tortola, Beef, Scrub, Marina Cay, Camano,Little Camano and Guana. Plenty of places to see, eat, drink, and snorkel. Weather depending those could be all done in a small rib. Bring extra fuel or gas up at Marina Cay.
Last edited by captmoby; 06/25/2019 05:06 PM.
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Re: RIB range
[Re: captmoby]
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06/25/2019 05:13 PM
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If I were to rent one to do a "little" Island hopping (assuming a small Rib) I would rent out of East End. That gives you Tortola, Beef, Scrub, Marina Cay, Camano,Little Camano and Guana. Plenty of places to see, eat, drink, and snorkel. Weather depending those could be all done in a small rib. Bring extra fuel or gas up at Marina Cay. I agree staying within the boundaries of the the East End isles would be a nice day trip, there’s enough little private beaches you could pull up to for lunch and snorkeling. 👍
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Re: RIB range
[Re: cmceinc]
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06/25/2019 08:36 PM
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Just a suggestion don't go around Beef Island from East end but go under the QE bridge. That gets you to where you want to be quicker and less open water.
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Re: RIB range
[Re: RatmansWife]
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06/26/2019 09:53 AM
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I would suggest that you need to consider how much fuel you would consume and how much you can reasonably carry in a smaller RIB given the distance you want to travel and the fuel consumption rate women traveling at higher speeds in open water with wave, wind and current
Sailing is not a matter of life and death-it is more important than that
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