JoshA said:
Could you have chartered out of Puerto Rico?
Yes indeed.
When we started trip planning we considered a number of cruising locations and companies. We were interested in new areas (Abacos) and considered returning to the SVI or Grenadines.
However, several things factored into our decision:
* CYOA has excellent prices and had a boat with Gen/AC available that we had chartered before.
* We got started a little late on the trip planning and ran into boat availability issues almost everywhere. Few had Gen/AC, and those that did were crazy expensive.
* Boat costs elsewhere were higher
* Flight costs elsewhere were higher, and with 8 people traveling, this was a factor.
So after considering the factors it came back down to our tried and trued approach of starting in the USVI and chartering with CYOA. We saved $ thousands over other options.