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Anchorages not moorings
#254763
05/03/2021 04:56 PM
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Good day all, advice sought:
We're heading back to the BVI for our 5th trip. We've always used mooring balls for peace of mind and benefit of coral. This time, since we're going in early summer for the first time instead of winter, with calmer conditions anticipated, I'd like to anchor some of the nights - how about a top 5 list of anchorages with good holding, safe for coral, protected waters? I am perusing my old copy of the Scott cruising guide but many places have been crowded out by new moorings...we're going to go all over the place so location is not important
Cheers!🏝
ps: <50' monohull approximately 5 1/2' draft
Last edited by Latadjust; 05/03/2021 04:57 PM.
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Re: Anchorages not moorings
[Re: bailau]
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05/04/2021 08:27 AM
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Sleepychef-
Is anegada still quietest on the weekend?...was working on itinerary and targeting fri to sun there in June it's quiet everywhere all the time now. Cane Garden Bay's busiest night of the season was last night with 8 boats. About the same as a quiet night during a normal season. Anegada last weekend was quiet for Anegada. 2 or 3 tables for dinner at both places we went. FYI - the tuna poke appetizer and ribeye at Wonky Dog were great! As always....
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Re: Anchorages not moorings
[Re: bailau]
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05/04/2021 08:42 AM
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Sleepychef-
Is anegada still quietest on the weekend?...was working on itinerary and targeting fri to sun there in June Sigh.....I am so jealous.
Go Irish!!
Bill
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Re: Anchorages not moorings
[Re: ndfaninnc]
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05/04/2021 09:35 AM
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Sleepychef-
Is anegada still quietest on the weekend?...was working on itinerary and targeting fri to sun there in June Sigh.....I am so jealous. Assuming we are all negative on Day 0 test then you may be jealous...absent that I am certain of quarantine mutiny my brother. with 8 people on boat for 14 days... A little unnerving seeing yesterdays Covid test results...this is very stressful high stakes cat herding but very mindful of my little 1st world problems relatively speaking still hoping to hang out with you and M on land based Anegada trip one day
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Re: Anchorages not moorings
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05/04/2021 11:48 AM
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I am interested in this question also since I hope we will be in the BVI later in May and will charter a Moorings 38-2 monohull. One advantage of the Covid restrictions (I know, now loosened a bit) is that the map of quarantine anchorages suggests new places for us to visit! There is an interesting graphic on TMMs website concerning the "safe" overnight anchorages on the quarantine chart (see TMM graphic). Two places look really nice: 1) Long Bay on the northwest corner of Virgin Gorda. My maps are very vague about this anchorage (but see BareBoatsBVI comment). Does anyone have any helpful hints about getting in here and what to avoid (besides the obvious :-)? 2) Lee Bay on Great Camanoe: there is a bit more online about this one (again BareBoatsBVI) and the Navionics map does mark it as an anchorage. Again any comments/gotchas would be great. Tha anchorage near Sandy Spit also looks really nice. We anchor often at home (Chessie) but have not anchored overnight in the BVI so are nervous!
Last edited by Nibj; 05/04/2021 11:55 AM. Reason: Make the url clickable and typos
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Re: Anchorages not moorings
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05/04/2021 12:11 PM
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I am interested in this question also since I hope we will be in the BVI later in May and will charter a Moorings 38-2 monohull. One advantage of the Covid restrictions (I know, now loosened a bit) is that the map of quarantine anchorages suggests new places for us to visit! There is an interesting graphic on TMMs website concerning the "safe" overnight anchorages on the quarantine chart (see TMM graphic). Two places look really nice: 1) Long Bay on the northwest corner of Virgin Gorda. My maps are very vague about this anchorage (but see BareBoatsBVI comment). Does anyone have any helpful hints about getting in here and what to avoid (besides the obvious :-)? 2) Lee Bay on Great Camanoe: there is a bit more online about this one (again BareBoatsBVI) and the Navionics map does mark it as an anchorage. Again any comments/gotchas would be great. Tha anchorage near Sandy Spit also looks really nice. We anchor often at home (Chessie) but have not anchored overnight in the BVI so are nervous! I like the graphic you shared from TMM! We'll be down May 17-30 on a Sunsail 41.0 mono. What are your dates? We may see you.
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Re: Anchorages not moorings
[Re: Latadjust]
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05/06/2021 12:41 PM
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I love anchoring at Key Bay, on the south side of Peter Island. The shells ashore are really nice.
I've spent a night or two at Benure's Bay on Norman
Little Harbour on the west end of Peter is nice. I did not anchor well when I was there. It looked like the private charters hit that between gigs. There were a bunch of them. It was almost like they were medmoored with a line around a tree ashore.
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Re: Anchorages not moorings
[Re: JasonHelmbrecht]
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05/06/2021 03:43 PM
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Sleepychef-
Is anegada still quietest on the weekend?...was working on itinerary and targeting fri to sun there in June it's quiet everywhere all the time now. Cane Garden Bay's busiest night of the season was last night with 8 boats. About the same as a quiet night during a normal season. Anegada last weekend was quiet for Anegada. 2 or 3 tables for dinner at both places we went. FYI - the tuna poke appetizer and ribeye at Wonky Dog were great! As always.... Second the tuna poke appetizer at Wonky.... Just wow
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Re: Anchorages not moorings
[Re: Latadjust]
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05/26/2021 08:47 PM
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So, we anchored in Lee Bay on the west side of Great Camanoe. When you enter the bay, the depth goes from the mid 40s to 12 pretty quickly. This tends to make you want to set, which we did in a small sandy spot surrounded by rocks. I snorkled over the anchor and kept going. The ground levels off and very gradually goes to 10 and you get out of the rocks and into beautiful sand, then it continues to very gradually go to 8'. I mean, this is over about 150'. By now, you feel like you're a couple of boat lengths from the beach (which is pebbly, weirdly enough). We reset and backed off with plenty of scope in good holding, all sand. The breeze funnels through a natural cut in the island but the water is flat and the anchorage is quiet. We spent 2 nights there while waiting for our day 4 test results. A skiff came by, the same one as we saw at Great Harbor, Peter Island, in the morning with ice and to pick up trash.
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