Looks like you have good answers to your questions. I'll give you some local knowledge on Coral Bay, St. John. The anchorage for visiting boats is to port as you pass the first channel marker. The inner harbor is tight and you will swing into moored boats if you anchor there. If you visit Lime Out you can drop off crew in the dinghy, but DPNR does not allow you to tie up your dinghy to Lime Out due to COVID no-rafting protocol; you can anchor your dinghy and swim or enjoy from afar. Do not let crew swim across the busy channel. We like to visit Lime Out at 3PM after the early crush. There is a dinghy dock on the NE side of Coral Harbor; there is signage, but please leave the front of the dock open for loading/unloading and use a long painter when you tie up. It is possible to tie up on the West side near Dolphin Market, Aqua Bistro, Jolly Dog, Salty Mongoose. There are steps where you can drop crew. Bring shoes you can get wet as you will need to wade in. It is possible to tie up at the fish hut, but that is private.

There is a trash drop-off to the left of the dinghy dock for $5 per bag. It is honor system and the trash bin is managed by Coral Bay Community Council and Coral Bay Yacht Club to reduce trash in the dinghy dock area; payment via your smartphone. From the dinghy dock counter-clockwise you have Skinny Legs, Busy Bee Dive Shop, Fire Station, Rhumb Lines, Pink Corner as you turn left at the cross-roads, Coral Bay Cafe (breakfast), Love City Mini Mart, public trash dumpsters, Coral Bay Caribbean Oasis closed permanently last week, Salty Mongoose pizza, Zemi jewelry store (20% cheaper than Cruz Bay), Jolly Dog for shirts/caps/beach stuff (my Sweet Christine works at Zemi/Jolly Dog), Dellyvon Breakfast, Aqua Bistro, Dolphin Market, Crabby's beach rentals. You can walk down the road that goes past Love City Mini Market to Josephine's garden center; they sell fresh greens and produce. As you walk down the flat road you will find Josephine's past the sign that says "You are lost."

If you want to take a short cut to the markets and free trash dumpsters from the dinghy dock you can take a left as you leave the dinghy dock and walk past the trash bin, picnic tables, and the masts and other salvage to the donkey path behind the ball field. The donkey path is maintained by Coral Bay Yacht Club and has been cleared this month. You can hike to Leinster Bay or Brown Bay on the Johnnyhorn trail that goes up past the Moravian church next to the graveyard.

The Coral Bay Community Council has a FEMA grant to remove derelict boats in the harbor that is being coordinated by the yacht club. You will see a half dozen partially submerged boats and two onshore left over from Irma and post-Irma storms. They will be removed in March along with many floating derelict boats. This exercise has been a long time coming and is driven by the community rather than DPNR or the government. Coral Bay has low/no VI Government support.

Other places to visit in the broader Coral Bay include Hurricane Hole, Round Bay/Hansen Bay, Flanagan Island, and Leduck Island. There are four bays in hurricane hole and three of them have free NPS day use moorings. Hurricane Hole and and parts of Round Bay are in the Coral Reef National Monument and no anchoring is allowed. You can see the bounds of the monument/no anchoring in the map https://www.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/upload/2014smalleranchoringmap-2.jpg. The West side of Round Bay is a very nice anchorage and Pelican Rock is a dive/snorkel attraction. If you anchor near Pelican Rock please be certain that you are anchoring in sand. Flanagan and Leduck islands are great day anchorages with good fishing, snorkel, and diving.

Coral Bay Yacht Club is working on a new web site and will feature a Coral Bay cruising guide. I will post that when the site is up. Our Beneteau 423 is on a mooring in Coral Bay an we liveaboard. I hope you enjoy Coral Bay, we do!

Cheers, RickG