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Re: Nov.10th trip
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Nov 4th for me so I too hope to make it and if I do then you are in!!!
That trip is rescheduled from July....headed to St John thursday as I could not wait .......
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Toast.......to Life; White Bay...heaven on earth. Diane
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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Our May trip was postponed to November 14th, however we are chartering out of St Thomas so we are making an alternate USVI only itinerary.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - beer in hand - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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We have our boat reserved for November 10 as well.
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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I'm glad y'all or so optimistic! I have a trip planned in mid-October and November. I'm just not convinced that the BVI is going to let US tourists into their territory given how guarded they have been. Or it will take a negative pre-flight test and a repeat test upon arrival and some other crazy restrictions. I very much hope that I am wrong.
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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Ahoy Captains, Please consider, the BVI Gov deliberately and specifically did NOT say anything about restricting Tourists. This May be about Domestic Politics, not Travel or Medicine. The BVI Gov has recently and very aggressively limited the renewal of Labor Permits, perhaps to address the recent increase in unemployment among the ‘Belonger’ population, since the emergence of the Pandemic. https://bvi.gov.vg/media-centre/labour-department-covid-19-update-work-permit-renewalshttps://bvi.org/labour-department-n...ermit-applications-till-july-31-bvi-newshttps://bvinews.com/effective-immed...quirements-needed-to-renew-work-permits/ https://caribbeanbusinessreport.com/news/bvi-govt-urges-foreigners-without-jobs-to-leave/Many countries have reacted to the financial effects of the Pandemic to put limits on Immigration, Work Permits, Student Visas, etc., to improve employment, education, and economic opportunities for voting ‘Belongers’. And – https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53632043 Fair Winds, Brent from The Captains Compass
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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Nov 4th for me so I too hope to make it and if I do then you are in!!!
That trip is rescheduled from July....headed to St John thursday as I could not wait ....... Not sure if you're sailing or land based but keep an eye out for Tortuga and say hi! Dave
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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Dave, this trip I am land based but will be snorkeling every chance i get. Francis and turtles are one of my favorite spots.
Toast.......to Life; White Bay...heaven on earth. Diane
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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Keep in mind if you are coming from the US a quarantine is in effect in France and they recommend essential travel only even for locals. A surprising number of US arrivals are not aware of this.
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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This is going to get more and more interesting as we go.... We have flights booked in/out of STT, where we can actually GO with a negative COVID test. However.....our rescheduled May trip for November is on a boat out of Tortola....chances are pretty good I'm not going to be able to change the flights yet AGAIN without it costing.... I feel like by the time we're actually able to get on a boat out of the BVI? We'll have moved our own boat to St. Thomas....
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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And now my challenge is trying to get the rest of the crew to cough up the balance of our charter by September 20 with no confirmed entry date in sight. Quality problems, I know.... I seem to be seeing advertising that there are licensed captains that will re-locate a boat, say from Road Town to Red Hook, or to Cruz Bay. Might be a paperwork PITA, but you are hardly a charter company newbie, Bridget.
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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One of the Captains that does this service is coming in tonight for dinner I can ask him for a quote if you want a ball park figure?
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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He said his price is the best at $1050.00 if you need his contcat info.
+1 284-340-1228
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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$1050 one way? or Roundtrip?
Includes government fees?
But also saves about $1000 on ferry fees and other savings.
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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Winterstale,
Virgin Islands Yacht Charters has formed a partnership with Dream Yacht, and from what I could tell, they are getting more supply than aniticipated. While they have their own fleet, they are also managing many Dream Yacht boats moved their from other locations (which makes sense given the USVI is the only open destination around).
They are very nice folks, but we all had an unfortunate week when we were there a couple of weeks ago. After a sleep aboard, we woke up at 6 am to a Bali, 3 boats down completely in flames. Fortunately, it was at the end of the dock and the wind was blowing off which may have saved other boats (inlcuding the one we were on). Most importantly, the family sleeping aboard made it off safely, but the boat was a total loss (sad sight).
This was Monday before Isaias and we were anticipating returning to the dock for a night mid-week. But 10 minutes into our boat briefing that AM, our briefer received a call that they were bringing all boats in for storm prep. No one could leave and best case, we get out by Friday. We changed our Delta flights to leave Tuesday evening, went to Magens Bay for the day and worked hard to consume what we could on our fully provisioned boat - left plenty for the folks at the base and our cab driver.
My wife and I plan to try it again (in the USVI) in October, and have a larger crew scheduled for BVI for Thanksgiving week (who knows). Maybe I am just trying to hard. On a side note, the flying experience (Delta from Atlanta) and the St. Thomas Airport was actually a delight, and no issues changing flights.
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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08/11/2020 05:39 PM
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Breeze - it is a no-go for us for the St. Thomas option. Oh well - doesn’t hurt to try! Back to hoping for the best.... Is the $600 St. Thomas option just something that's offered in normal non-Covid times in case you want to start or end there? It's a pretty cool option!
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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Virgin Islands Yacht Charters has formed a partnership with Dream Yacht. I spoke with Dream last week. They said all their cat charters in STT were "crewed only charters". Maybe just their bigger cats moved to STT. This was in part due to the limited resupply options for H2O, ice, etc Winterstate has mentioned. They were not doing "Bare Boat" in anticipation of returning all operations back to Scrub in September. That was last week...
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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the rest of their fleet are in the hurricane hole in the BVI waiting out there till next season. Is that the same location that Irene made tossed boat salad out of?
Life's short - sail more!
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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Regardless two terrible storms,
00001 Hurricane Irma Aug 30, 2017 – Sep 12, 2017
Description Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in September 2017. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two weeks later. Wikipedia Total fatalities: 134 Highest wind speed: 177 mph Date: August 30, 2017 – September 14, 2017
What category was Maria when it hit Puerto Rico? Category 5
Maria made landfall at 21:15 AST that day (1:15 UTC, September 19) as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph (270 km/h).
OK, so what is your point?
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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I am not quite sure the point either but different sources have the speeds different. In addition the Marina he mentions as doing so well was not where the storm made landfall and probably saw winds in the 100 to 110 mph range. Vastly different than what the BVI saw. 20 miles can mean everything in storms like this. It made a huge difference with Maria when it passed through the Virgins.
After sweeping across the Virgin Islands as a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Maria on Wednesday morning plowed into Puerto Rico on the southeast shore as a barely diminished Category 4 storm, with winds of 155 miles per hour. The storm’s hurricane-force winds spanned the island, and all residents lost electricity.
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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On the good news side tropical depression 11 now looks to pass well north of the BVI!
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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Regardless two terrible storms,
00001 Hurricane Irma Aug 30, 2017 – Sep 12, 2017
Description Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in September 2017. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two weeks later. Wikipedia Total fatalities: 134 Highest wind speed: 177 mph Date: August 30, 2017 – September 14, 2017
What category was Maria when it hit Puerto Rico? Category 5
Maria made landfall at 21:15 AST that day (1:15 UTC, September 19) as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph (270 km/h).
Another Wikipedia page shows "Early on September 6, Irma peaked with 1-minute sustained winds of 180 mph (285 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 914 hPa (27.0 inHg)." so I wouldn't put much faith in an online source that anyone can edit. weather.gov lists Irma at 185 NOAA published an update on Sept. 05 11pm showing 185 NPR also showed 185 Regardless, it was bad and Tortola still shows lots of damage 2 years and 11 months later.
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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My first VI charter vacation was late April of 1990. Hurricane Hugo had chewed a murderous path through the VI's and right up the east coast of the US in September, previous. I know I'll never forget St. Thomas in that April, so tattered and broken: the telephone and electric service wires were strung up on forked branches barely head high, and the entirety of Charlotte Amalie residential neighborhoods were roofed over with blue tarps.
The entire week of the charter, I didn't see a tree or a bush that wasn't completely defoliated, between STT and North Sound VG, up the SFD channel and back down the north side. There were some brave Century Plants blooming in sulfur yellow on decimated hillsides, and some Flamboyants throwing fiery orange blossoms as if to spite their nakedness, but that was the extent of tropical vegetation. I knew it wasn't normal, but I had not ever seen " normal". It would be another couple years before I saw the full throated tropical beauty healing the scars.
Point being, there is no point in arguing the strength of a storm when the destruction in any one place is as total as can be inflicted. Heck, I live in far western Maine, maybe 8 miles from the NH border, and up here there is still trail, bridge, and road rehab happening in the National Forest and around the Appalachian Trail from Irene, August 2011, never more than a Cat 3 and not more than a TS by the time it got here. There was massive de-forestation, vicious flash flooding driving whole trees as battering rams, and the State of VT was nearly wiped off the map as far as roads in, out, around or about. Stories are legion about farmers, both alone and in loose bands of tractor mounted first responders, saving the National Guard and USACE weeks of work by restoring dirt and gravel ways for ( wet tire) vehicle passage and facilitating the movement of people and goods.
We are stronger together.
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Re: Nov.10th trip
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