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Re: Trick to reserving a Ball.
[Re: Sailor-ATL]
#212406
12/29/2019 07:33 AM
12/29/2019 07:33 AM
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Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 207 East Tennessee
Annoddddd
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Is your boat “active”? Meaning set to “current?
That’s an important part.
Last edited by Annoddddd; 12/29/2019 07:36 AM.
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Re: Trick to reserving a Ball.
[Re: Annoddddd]
#212430
12/29/2019 01:58 PM
12/29/2019 01:58 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,040 Charlotte, NC
NCSailor
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I disagree with booking through a charter company. We have boat with Voyage right now and there is no advantage because of the charter.
We have a friend booking at 7am stateside. So maybe the internet connection is the issue. To clarify earlier posts, if you book through BB they act like a broker and get a fee from the charter company. They then give you the ability to reserve balls ahead of time. So many of the BB balls are already reserved before 7am. No high speed WiFi is going to beat that. The idea that people sailing the BVIs have folks at home sitting at computers at 7am to reserve balls is just ridiculous. We thought Irma would reset the BVIs to an earlier time but instead there is no escaping technology. For me the answer is not sailing in the high season until the capacity is restored. I am not going to do the mooring ball dance.
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Re: Trick to reserving a Ball.
[Re: Sailor-ATL]
#212431
12/29/2019 02:05 PM
12/29/2019 02:05 PM
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Posts: 2,156 Ontario, Canada
warren460
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I wonder if a petition to Cooper's owners would get them to reconsider using boatyball.
Last edited by warren460; 12/29/2019 02:05 PM.
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Re: Trick to reserving a Ball.
[Re: Sailor-ATL]
#212446
12/29/2019 06:23 PM
12/29/2019 06:23 PM
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Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 1,392 Maryland
Kirk
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Kinda shady if the balls show up as available first but they're actually pre-booked.
Kirk in Maryland
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Re: Trick to reserving a Ball.
[Re: Breeze]
#212450
12/29/2019 06:48 PM
12/29/2019 06:48 PM
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Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 559 Apex, NC
agrimsrud
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" Notice, once again, the OP for this thread is a spanking new TTOL member with no posting history. Anyone else feeling "played' ?? I don't think that was called for. The OP seems to be indicating that he's having problems and those problems seem to be consistent with other experiences. So not sure how you feel "played". Take a deep breath. It's the holidays and good will and peace on earth and all that good stuff.
Life's short - sail more!
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Re: Trick to reserving a Ball.
[Re: Sailor-ATL]
#212507
12/30/2019 12:26 PM
12/30/2019 12:26 PM
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Posts: 464 Charlotte, NC
DEL
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Time of year may have something to do with it. Right now it's very busy. Just check boat availability on TMM's website. All but two of their fleet are chartered. When we are going in a couple of weeks, a lower percentage of the fleet will be out. I think TMM's data is probably representative of BVI charter fleets in general.
Douglas E. Linton
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