BaardJ - I've played this game a few times. I've won a couple and lost a couple.

So, the right thing to do is to sail to Dewey, drop the hook and call customs to check in. Custom's is located at the airport.

However, We like spending the first two days at Culebrita. Trouble is, the cell service in Baya Tortugas is very bad.

Soooo... if you want to squint it a little, call customs (877-529-6840) when you're about two miles east of Culebrita. Note that this actually gets you a custom's office in PR, not Culebra. Have all passports in hand. Tell them you left St. Thomas a few hours earlier and you're approaching your SVI anchorage and are calling to clear in. Hopefully they will check you on through and let you stop at Culebrita.

If they tell you you have to go to Dewey it takes about an hour to get there from Culebrita. If you arrive about 3:30pm it's HIGHLY UNLIKELY that customs, who is way out at the airport, will want to visit your vessel so close to closing time (5pm). We've played this game twice.

So we dropped a lunch hook in Dewey, cleared in by phone and then beat feet back to Culebrita (another hour). The great thing about Culebrita is that about 4pm just about everybody leaves and you'll probably have your pick of mooring balls. It's not like the BVI, where you can be sunk trying to get a mooring after 4pm.

Good luck!

(P.S. we had a great vacation on Cuvee about a month ago!)