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Itinerary Help! - Diamond Cay vs. Cooper/Peter?
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01/16/2020 12:19 PM
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So I have posted an itinerary on a previous thread but wanted to get some more input. Haven’t booked but am close to booking through DYC for May this year. It will be 4 friends (all guys) and two have never been to the BVIs and wewill want to party at good lively bars and eat good food vs quiet nights. The departure from scrub on a Sunday morning makes for an interesting counter clock wise itinerary. I’ll post it below and would appreciate thoughts. My main question is whether or not a night at Diamond Cay vs a night at either Cooper/Peter island is worth it. Points to consider: 1) I have heard good things about Foxy’s Taboo and but some recent feedback (from forum mbmers) said that the food wasn’t that great and service not good as well. Not sure if this is an anomaly or a trend? 2) I have never stopped at Diamond Cay and looking to give it a try, also want to check out B-Line 3) Itinerary is such that if we stop off at Diamond Cay would not to stop at Cooper or Peter Island 4) We will be stopping at Great Harbour/Little Harbour or white bay as well…
Itinerary - Sat - Scrub - arrive 2:30 pm. provision, chart brief - Sun - Anegada - boat brief, sail to Anegada, Cow Wreck bay for the day, dinner at wonky dog - Mon - CGB - the usual - Tue - Little JVD - B-line, dingie to sandy spit, hike to bubbly pool dinner at Foxy's Taboo - Wed - White bay/Great Harbour - some sailing, sandy Cay, see if we can get a ball at Ivan's (WB) or great harbour, white bay for drinks and beach, Corsairs for dinner, night at Foxy's - Thu - Norman - Provision at west end. Soapers hole, shopping souvenirs, snorkel at the caves, Dinner at Pirates Bight, party at Willie T's - Fri - Leverick - early morning stop at the Indians for snorkel, slip at leverick, taxi/car rental to baths in pm, BBQ at Leverick - Sat - Scrub - refuel at Leverick and depart around noon, sail to Scrub, on the slip sat night, check boat in, relax drink, Celebrate successful cruise - Sun - Scrub early morning departure first boat 6:30am - 8:15 flight
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Re: Itinerary Help! - Diamond Cay vs. Cooper/Peter?
[Re: UncleLuff]
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01/16/2020 12:33 PM
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That's a lot of worrying about an itinerary for something pretty far off. I'm going in a couple weeks but don't have a single stop planned yet, but TETO. If you're worried about food and service at a place, I'd try to get feed back closer to when you're actually going to be there as things may change. I like Diamond Cay for the relative quietness of the place; and for swimming/snorkeling. Whenever I've been there it's turtle city! Last time I was there was before the storms, but the food was good at Taboo, but super slow service-but I wasn't there for the meals to be honest. Location location location.
Just my 2 cents...and you know what they say about opinions....
Kirk in Maryland
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Re: Itinerary Help! - Diamond Cay vs. Cooper/Peter?
[Re: UncleLuff]
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01/16/2020 04:46 PM
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Diamond Cay refers to the anchorage in the notch between the east end of Jost Van Dyke and the west end of Little Jost Van Dyke. There are both FCFS mooring balls and Boatyballs. Foxy's Taboo (and bubbly pool) is located on one side and the B-line beach bar is on the other. What's left of Sandy Spit is just outside the anchorage, and Sandy Cay is just south of the anchorage. I don't know about anchoring, someone else can answer that question. It is a nice enough overnight option. Last December we had a young boy in a dinghy come out to ask if he could bring us anything. We couldn't turn him down so we asked him to bring us a couple of bags of ice, which he did.
Noel Hall "It is humbling indeed, to discover my own opinion is only correct less than 50% of the time." www.noelhall.com
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Re: Itinerary Help! - Diamond Cay vs. Cooper/Peter?
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01/17/2020 10:02 AM
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Interested in Diamond Cay .... we've never stopped there but will be heading from Scrub to Cane Garden bay later this month on our trip. Are there mooring balls in Diamond Cay or anchoring only? Is this where B-Line is? Thanks. We love this gem of a spot ...been many times . first time with our kids 10 years ago when we were BVI newbies , got all dressed up to go to Foxys taboo for a meal only to find it was closed on Mondays ...we walked to bubbly pool instead at dusk !!! Big mistake as the no seeums and mosquitoes nearly carried us away...live and learn and always an adventure right
Kim
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Re: Itinerary Help! - Diamond Cay vs. Cooper/Peter?
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01/17/2020 01:25 PM
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Norman to Leverick will be a long sail IMO. I'm not sure how much time you'll have to taxi back to the baths then get back for the BBQ. I agree - that is why diamond Cay may not work out. if we can break up that sail from Norman to Cooper or Peter island, would make taxi to the baths more doable. If we stop off at Peter or Cooper we can also swing by early in the AM to see if there is a free mooring ball in front of the baths. Then no need to take a taxi.... oh well lots of time to decide!
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Re: Itinerary Help! - Diamond Cay vs. Cooper/Peter?
[Re: UncleLuff]
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01/17/2020 01:49 PM
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Norman to Leverick will be a long sail IMO. I'm not sure how much time you'll have to taxi back to the baths then get back for the BBQ. I agree - that is why diamond Cay may not work out. if we can break up that sail from Norman to Cooper or Peter island, would make taxi to the baths more doable. If we stop off at Peter or Cooper we can also swing by early in the AM to see if there is a free mooring ball in front of the baths. Then no need to take a taxi.... oh well lots of time to decide! If there isn’t a mooring ball at the baths you can probably find one at the entrance to the yacht harbor and dinghy to the baths.
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