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Re: How busy is the BVI in May
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03/28/2016 10:11 PM
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warren460 said: Expect cooper island to be busy. Most other places you should be fine. Why is Cooper going to be busy?
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Re: How busy is the BVI in May
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03/28/2016 10:53 PM
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warren460 said: I almost always find a shortage of balls at cooper. You could look at the cooper island web cam to get a sense of how busy it might be. If you are there by early afternoon you should be fine. Most other places I would expects space available until later in the afternoon. Okay thanks. We're going in May as well and I was wondering from your post if something special was going on at Cooper that month...
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Re: How busy is the BVI in May
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03/29/2016 03:04 PM
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warren460 said: Nope. Just normally busy. Later in May, the MIT MBA graduating class goes down. They take over whatever anchorage they stay at. I looked up the MIT MBA trip that Warren460 mentioned. Here is their itinerary. This is right in the middle of our trip. Good to know where to stay away from on these dates! Day 1: May 21 | fly to St. Thomas (USVI), ferry to Tortola (BVI), get boat & dock party, sleep on boat or in Tortola Day 2: May 22 | Leave Tortola for Peter Island: whole group welcome party at Oceans Seven, Great Harbour Day 3: May 23 | Baths National Park and then to Gorda Sound Day 4: May 24 | Rest / free day (Beach Olympics in Gorda Sound) Day 5: May 25 | Anegada: whole group party on the beach & lobster dinner Day 6: May 26 | Long sail from Anegada to Jost Van Dyke Day 7: May 27 | Easy Day, White Bay / Sandy Cay / Sandy Spit/ Cane Garden Bay Day 8: May 28 | Norman Island (Treasure Island) party at Willy T. Day 9: May 29 | Return boat by midday, fly home after 2pm (or depart May 30)
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Re: How busy is the BVI in May
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04/03/2016 11:53 AM
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Wow, this is our exact travel dates and hate to say our exact itinerary we were planning except we were going to be at Cooper instead of Peter Island night one. Need to recalculate our game plan. Worried about the ferry as well.
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Re: How busy is the BVI in May
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04/04/2016 07:31 PM
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We were down for the same week as the MIT group last year also. The Moorings handed us a sheet with the MIT itinerary and we avoided being in the same place on the same day. We ran into some stragglers at various points. All good fun-loving people but the anchorages on the list were crowded.
Back to the original question, May is a great time to go. We went later in the month (Traveled down on Memorial Day) and it was fantastic. All the places were open and it wasn't overly crowded. If you aim to get to most morning fields by 2:00 you should be fine.
Have a great trip!
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Re: How busy is the BVI in May
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04/05/2016 07:58 AM
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Perfect we get there 5/30 until 6/9 on Bavaria 46, Xenia.
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Re: How busy is the BVI in May
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04/09/2016 05:58 PM
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When sailing out of Road Town in a counterclockwise direction with a late start due to orientation, Manchioneel Bay (Cooper Island) is a perfect first night anchorage. Everything is accessible the next day. But it is mostly sea grass and if there is no available ball, anchoring can be treacherous. I have not been to Cooper mid-week when most charterers are in the midst of their trip, so I don't know how it is Tuesday through Thursday. But Friday through Monday, even in May, my rule is to be there by 2 for a selection and 3 for a ball.
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