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Given that smoking in restaurants was banned in 2007/2008, my hopes are not high, but there is always hope.

You can use the Flamingo pool if it isn't. Much nicer that RP pool.

A catamaran, believed to be part of a youth sailing programme, was sinking off Anegada today.The good news is everyone is safe and sound.The cat, with Navigare signage was not doing so well and was waay down on its port stern,,

This might be a good thread for the boss to create a link to this form and pin it to the top of the forum. We will have to hunt for it this month.

where is this place? A place by that name was in Grand Case but no more.

For those who missed it..20 great chilis judged...music by Jason and a great time with $ raised for youth sailing by the "Loyal" West End Yacht Club .

With the end of the season in sight, if you are traveling to the BVI please consider escorting a cat or dog back to a sister rescue in the States. It is super easy to do and can make a huge difference to an animals life.

Please see the flyer below on how to help. Also below are PAW’s spay day numbers, trying to reduce the amount that need to fly!

We are renting a house on Virgin Gorda, but want a day to visit a few favorites. Some of our group have never been. Can anyone recommend a day charter for 13 people?
Thanks

We just chartered a FP in May. This was our 17th charter in the BVI but our first on a FP. There were 10 of us and we’re also in the Senior Citizen category. The boat was comfortable and spacious, but we were not fans of the actual sailing performance. For example,
• The boat did not point at all – way worse than any other cat we’ve chartered.
• The air conditioners were on 7 different units and all seven breakers were located down in the engine compartment. They had to be switched on/off one at a time and that meant either crawling into the engine compartment every time you wanted to turn on/off the generator or laying on your belly and reach blindly backwards.
• For our boat the weight of the sail overpowered the electric winch so the sails had to be hauled up largely by hand. Conversely, they then had to be hauled down by hand because they wouldn’t drop on their own. The last 3 feet of sail was particularly difficult and required 2 people up at the mast trying to tug them down.
• The winches could only be run 10 seconds at a time followed by a 5 second rest or they would trip. And the breakers for those were down in the port engine compartment.
• As the dock manager at our charter company said “The French build boats for piddling around the Med. If you want a real sail boat, get one built in South Africa.”

Latest update on construction will not be finished until the end of December 2025!