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Clockwise or Counterclockwise?
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05/26/2023 10:04 PM
05/26/2023 10:04 PM
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UncleTravellingMatt
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Hi helpful people, we're headed to BVI in mid-June for sailing Cat bareboat. Are there any compelling reasons why traveling around the islands in one direction is better than another? Our itinerary (in a clockwise direction) includes JVD, Cane Garden Bay, Anegada (2 nights), Virgin Gorda, Norman, then back to RT. One of our reasons for going clockwise is that if we go counterclockwise, we wind up in JVD on a Saturday which we've ready can get pretty busy. We prefer to avoid crowds. We also recognize that the leg from CGB to Anegada will be a full day of sailing (8 hrs +/-?) but we don't mind that since most of the other legs will be short runs.
I'd love to hear any feedback on the sailing direction, or our itinerary otherwise.
Thanks!
Last edited by UncleTravellingMatt; 05/26/2023 10:07 PM.
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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise?
[Re: UncleTravellingMatt]
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05/26/2023 11:00 PM
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Generally, CCW is much better since the longest leg in a typical rounding of Tortola is from Anegada to JVD which would turn from a nice downwind sail to a long slog upwind.
What kind of sailing cat? Do you have much experience sailing a cruising cat upwind?
M4000 "Lio Kai"
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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise?
[Re: UncleTravellingMatt]
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05/27/2023 07:49 AM
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I guess it depends :-) at least in part on the weather. Last time we were there we motor sailed from JVD to North Sound (in a small monohull) which was quite pleasant but long. But conditions were calm.
We like the Clockwise route because of not being with the crowd. But MrEZ points out the downside. Counterclockwise you break down the upwind portion into smaller segments. Plus, with average weather, the sail from North Sound to Anegada is really sweet.
You could get ahead if the crowd by going from Tortola to North Sound on day 1 (perhaps with power assist) then go to Anegada the next day and so on.
Sorry I see George got in ahead of me. Honestly I didn’t plagiarize the first sentence.
Last edited by Nibj; 05/27/2023 07:51 AM.
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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise?
[Re: UncleTravellingMatt]
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05/27/2023 02:59 PM
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we are not good planners (by plan)...we zig zag JVD/cane/scrub or marina cay, then go counter clock to leverick/anegada, then down to cooper, then norman, then usvi, around the back side of st john. the other option that NOBODY does is sail on the back-side of the channel. ZERO CCCs to think about with nice clean wind. and on the next trip, might be different. we operate on plan B/plan C. never A 
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