st thomas bay

hello everyone
i am interested in anchoring overnight in the southern end of St Thomas bay between the reef and shoreline. hopefully eat at coco maya that night and jump in a cab early morning for the baths. is this a realistic place to set the hook? what is best path if any to slip into this area? we will be on a 40' cat with a 4' draft. zooming in on google i can see a 40'+ cat in that area?? what is best route into that space?? thanks!

There appears to be a path thru reef down by the dock at Mermaids bar and grill. If a charter, I'd bet the area is redlined. Probably best to pick up a mooring just outside Yacht harbor (rolly in a swell) and dinghy into VGYH and walk or taxi up to cocomayas..or simpler still take a slip in VGYH.

Take a look at the breakwater orientation for VGYH. That should tell you all you need to know about anchoring overnight. If you do go in there I would make sure you have someone competent on board all the time. You could call ahead and spend the night on a slip there.
G

We used to overnight there all the time in the Summer. Awesome holding and you don't get the wakes from the ferries that you get out in the mooring field.

thanks mike! whats the best path to enter?

I would use the crudely marked channel. Keep in mind that I was a skipper with a lot of local knowledge. The markers are often not there.

unless you own the boat, i would not do it. Mike's skill set is way above most charterers.

I haven't seen markers there for quite some time.

Mike goes where others fear to tread...or where someone will buy drinks. he's spent so much time down here he would be a belonger...well except for ....but only rumors you understand. .
Seriously, I wouldn't try it on first charter and would check with charter co. Things change so fast this time of year. Leaving VGYH this morning people could surf if were of a mind to. Pretty good swell all the way to Jost..Would have been nasty with a stiff wind. Bubbly pool bubbling.. After lunch at Taboo..coming home seas were increasingly light and just a riffle over reef at VGYH coming in.