We were down there one week when the weather was bad - it rained every day, a lot. The last day we decided to do the shortest route possible from Norman to Charlotte Amalie and spend the night at CYOA instead of Christmas Cove to get more protection. We went around the south side of St John. It was the roughest sailing - well motoring - we've had in the BVI. Huge waves, strong winds, little visibility, pouring rain. Definitely made us aware that we were in a "small craft". (We did not have any trouble and no one felt sick, but it was not your normal BVI cruising.)