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Re: JVD Customs in days past
[Re: LocalSailor]
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12/18/2020 07:41 PM
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Very nice, makes me wish i had been fortunate enough to have found JVD back when he was it's "ambassador"...
Toast.......to Life; White Bay...heaven on earth. Diane
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Re: JVD Customs in days past
[Re: LocalSailor]
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12/18/2020 08:26 PM
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I posted this link in another thread and the only response indicated he found that Mr. Chinnery was a lazy,drunk. I felt that was a bit severe-- this testamonial reflects a lot closer to my experiences over the years. Admittedly they were different times back then. https://stjohnsource.com/2010/04/21/unsung-hero/Maybe you have forgotten that in the early 70’s very few boats went to JVD and Albert Chinnery would sometimes not have a visitor for a few days but he wasn’t a lazy drunk. He partied through the night and slept at the bar he was at and the JVD residents would tell you where to find him. It wasn’t like he was sleeping in the streets of maybe your hometown. JVD was a stress free place without paved roads which many apposed when they constructed including Foxy
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Re: JVD Customs in days past
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12/19/2020 07:23 PM
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I remember that airport too, I loved it. What a great way to get introduced to the BVI. I also remember the toll on the Queen Elizabeth bridge to Beef Island. The man in the toll booth had a can on the end of a stick to collect the toll. My young daughter thought he was offering us a treat. I am so happy to have these memories during this time! If you looked a little closer it wasn’t a rusty can but a coconut shell. Everyone loved it
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Re: JVD Customs in days past
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12/19/2020 07:33 PM
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When we stayed at the Sandollar in October 1999 we took a water taxi direct St. Thomas to White's Bay. Got there late afternoon. I don't know who the C&I officer was but the hotel took us oiver to clear the next day and I recall the guy being very nice and professional. And the entry fee was $0.10! LOL. And that was probably the fee for the form...
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Re: JVD Customs in days past
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12/21/2020 10:53 PM
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That 10 cents was the charge for the immigration form. In road town the lady would never have change, so I always made her give me 10 aka $1.00. pretty sure her retirement was built on 10 cents at a time as she never had change.
Mike
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Re: JVD Customs in days past
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12/22/2020 07:59 AM
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I remember that airport too, I loved it. What a great way to get introduced to the BVI. I also remember the toll on the Queen Elizabeth bridge to Beef Island. The man in the toll booth had a can on the end of a stick to collect the toll. My young daughter thought he was offering us a treat. I am so happy to have these memories during this time! If you looked a little closer it wasn’t a rusty can but a coconut shell. Everyone loved it Yup, that's what I remember, the coconut shell. That, the chickens & goats at the airport and the airport 'bar'. Also, boarding passes that indicated gate 1 of...
[color:"red"] FRAN[/color] "Yes I am a pirate, 200 years too late"
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Re: JVD Customs in days past
[Re: LocalSailor]
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12/22/2020 10:41 AM
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Ah, love my childhood memories of JVD in the late ‘70s and early’80s when life was simple and we were often the only boat in White Bay. Was sometimes an adventure getting Traumerei in there with her deep draft and spotty engine but memories of building sandcastles with the local kids on the beach in front of The Sand Castle hotel are priceless.
Sue s/v Ripple Leopard 40
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