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Guest Pick-Up in Red Hook
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06/24/2013 12:16 PM
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With all the recent ferry mess, we've decided not to make our guests play ferry roulette. Instead we plan to go over to Red Hook to pick them up. Our plan is to check out at West End, motor or sail to Cruz Bay, check in, then motor over to Red Hook. Will the American Yacht Harbor marina let us pull up to one of their T-dock ends and hang there for an hour or so while we wait? Would our guests be able to walk down those docks, or are they fenced off? Is there another dock in that area which is better for this? We could grab a mooring ball in Muller Bay instead and dinghy in I suppose.
Rob
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Re: Guest Pick-Up in Red Hook
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06/24/2013 02:45 PM
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Is the ferry to Cruz Bay more reliable? You could pick them up there. Although it would add to your sail time, we've picked up and dropped off in Lindbergh many times. Stayed the night there 4 times. We have a monohull and it's never been rolly for us, maybe we've gotten lucky. It's a 5-10 minute walk from the airport to Lindbergh Bay. Lann
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Re: Guest Pick-Up in Red Hook
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06/24/2013 02:53 PM
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Lindbergh is further than I wanted to go. May try the National Park dock or Latitude 18. We'll see what works best when we get there and then just call them. Thanks all!
Rob
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Re: Guest Pick-Up in Red Hook
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06/24/2013 09:29 PM
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Personally I think I would grab a mooring ball of Honeymoon in STJ. Send the CAPT (that would be you) to meet the guest. Maybe stop at Tutu Mall and do a stock up on some more libations and call it a vacation.
Doing this will allow the CAPT to be relieved (for a minimum of 24 hours) of any dishes, clean up, or trash removal.
And if you have to wait for a late flight... the hotel across the parking lot has a nice bar on the water and you can see when the plane lands. Make it easy for everybody.
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
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Re: Guest Pick-Up in Red Hook
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06/25/2013 01:03 PM
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I thought the issue was mainly between transiting between USVI and BVI.
I have not seen anything about either the RH to Cruz Bay run or the car ferry. So I was recommending the ferry. Keep the stress factor low, especially if your guest are 1st timers to the VI. Just make their life easy and roll with it.
Island time and inconveniences begin when the wheels lower on a plane no matter what island. It is always good to see a known smiling face when you step off the plane. For those left onboard, Honeymoon is a great place to hang and easy walk or dinghy to Cruz Bay.
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
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Re: Guest Pick-Up in Red Hook
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06/25/2013 02:05 PM
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Exactly, trying to keep our newbie guests from any stress over the ferries. Also, it would allow us to spend our first night in Leinster Bay and let the kids visit the sugar mill ruins the next morning. Rather than take a ferry myself and then bring them back via ferry, I was thinking that after checking in at Cruz Bay and grabbing some lunch, it would be an easy motor over to Red Hook to pick them up.
By the way, any tips on great places for lunch in Cruz Bay?
Rob
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Re: Guest Pick-Up in Red Hook
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06/25/2013 03:44 PM
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I have always loved the Mahi Sandwiches at the Beach Bar. It is right on the water and lots of shade trees on the beach. Can be a nice place to hang. It is under new management so not sure if the menu is the same.
The Banana Tree is also serves a great lunch downtown. It is behind the Beach Bar upstairs overlooking the harbor. Here again a nice place to hang and just take it all in. There are lots of places downtown, but these two are in the heart of downtown area. Near the dinghy dock if you are coming over from Caneel or Honeymoon.
As for meeting your guest, if the ferry between RH and Cruz Bay has issues also, motoring over makes sense, but what I was suggesting is let one person be greeter and the rest can play in STJ for the half the day. It also saves any newbies a lot of stress on what now if there is a smiling face at the airport that understands the cab routine.
Enjoy your vacation and say hello to the turtles in Leinster Bay, and I hope there is a Starfish Party going on for the kids. It is so amazing to see that many starfish in one place.
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
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Re: Guest Pick-Up in Red Hook
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07/08/2013 12:19 AM
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I have dropped many a guest off at Molly Malone's in AYH. Seems like a lot of charters use that dock to meet their guests.
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Re: Guest Pick-Up in Red Hook
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07/11/2013 01:26 PM
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Just back. We used the park service dock with no problems. Had a short wait on a ball outside the harbor until our guests called to say they were 15 minutes out, then went in for a quick tie up, pick up and off. Very crowded harbor!!!
Rob
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Re: Guest Pick-Up in Red Hook
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07/11/2013 02:12 PM
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SeaSeaRider said: Just back. We used the park service dock with no problems. Had a short wait on a ball outside the harbor until our guests called to say they were 15 minutes out, then went in for a quick tie up, pick up and off. Very crowded harbor!!! Did you check out at Sopers and in at Cruz bay and how did that go? At the park dock, did you dinghy in or boat? Then, did you have to check out of St. Thomas or just back in at Sopers (how did that go, there would be a dozen of us or so). If we do the pickup it won't be until late in the afternoon, I wonder if we'll get checked back into BVI that day at Sopers?
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Re: Guest Pick-Up in Red Hook
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07/12/2013 12:26 PM
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Subaqua said:SeaSeaRider said: Just back. We used the park service dock with no problems. Had a short wait on a ball outside the harbor until our guests called to say they were 15 minutes out, then went in for a quick tie up, pick up and off. Very crowded harbor!!! Did you check out at Sopers and in at Cruz bay and how did that go? At the park dock, did you dinghy in or boat? Then, did you have to check out of St. Thomas or just back in at Sopers (how did that go, there would be a dozen of us or so). If we do the pickup it won't be until late in the afternoon, I wonder if we'll get checked back into BVI that day at Sopers? Chip is correct. You check in and out at the same time in Cruz Bay St. John, no need to return there to check out. Our pick-up was around 2:30 PM so we opted to just motor back to St. John and spend the night in Leinster Bay, snorkel Waterlemon Cay and then visit the sugar mill ruins. We checked back into the BVI at Sopers the next morning. Yes, we did check out at Sopers before going over. If you try to do it without checking out/in, I think your guests will have a problem checking into the BVI. The agents will ask how they arrived, then want to know why the boat didn't check out/back in. Best to stay legal and do it the right way. It was actually a piece of cake both ways. Checking in at St. John was super easy. Pick up a ball by Lind Point and dinghy around to Cruz Bay. There's a really good small grocery store in Cruz Bay for reprovisioning and lots of places to have lunch. At the park dock in Red Hook, we took the big boat in and tied up. We stayed on the mooring ball until our friends were about 15 minutes out, then headed in. Everything worked out great. I highly recommend it for picking up a lot of crew in STT rather than having them ferry over.
Rob
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