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Re: Filling up the water tanks on Jost
[Re: OhDrinkBoy]
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03/23/2015 09:14 PM
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They had water in January. The dock is a reasonable approach and depth was good for our 6'5" keel.
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes, 2003 Beneteau 423 Grenada
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Re: Filling up the water tanks on Jost
[Re: busyengineer]
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03/24/2015 12:13 PM
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busyengineer said: Hey WayneC you totally crack me up! Truth be told I actually make my own water via desalination on board - nice to have someone with constructive comments on this site. Cheers mon! The next charter boat we have scheduled has a "water maker". I know they can use a lot of power. It will vary by boat, but do you typically need to run the generator when making water to keep up with the power draw? I'm looking for experiences from others. Thx.
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Re: Filling up the water tanks on Jost
[Re: busyengineer]
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03/24/2015 12:23 PM
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busyengineer said: Hey WayneC you totally crack me up! Truth be told I actually make my own water via desalination on board - nice to have someone with constructive comments on this site. Cheers mon! you are contradicting yourself, either your paying $50 for water or you have a water maker <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Filling up the water tanks on Jost
[Re: OhDrinkBoy]
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03/24/2015 04:13 PM
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onlymedication
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Jeffrey, you have some other options aside from filling water on Jost as well.
First, it should be pointed out that there are many who would say that you should NOT, under any circumstances, buy diesel on Jost. I do not know this personally, but have been warned on that. Apparently, they just have bad fuel sometimes. I just figured I'd throw that in since usually we tend to go ahead and get fuel whenever we top up the water since we're already at the dock anyway.
OK, aside over. If sailing from Anegada to Jost, you also can stop and top up water at Scrub or Marina Cay or Cane Garden Bay on your way to Jost. If you're at Jost for a couple of days and find you need water, it's a pretty short hop over to Sopers or CGB to fill up as well.
We usually head to Anegada leaving from North Sound and top up while in North Sound for free (combined with mooring fee).
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Re: Filling up the water tanks on Jost
[Re: OhDrinkBoy]
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03/25/2015 02:01 PM
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I want to say that the NS fuel docks all open at 7am. Did a quick search online, but was unable to confirm that.
Depending on your goals, Marina Cay can make for a decent stop off point on the long sail from Anegada to JVD. That would probably be my recommendation, unless you were trying to get well offshore to fish the banks or something like that.
EDIT: Hmm, just found the hours on Leverick's website and they open at 8am. I would guess Bitter End and Saba are the same.
Last edited by onlymedication; 03/25/2015 02:02 PM.
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Re: Filling up the water tanks on Jost
[Re: jboothe]
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03/25/2015 02:38 PM
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jboothe said: Yes they open a little later than I would have thought at a marina especially when sunrise is at 5am during the summer. Earliest sunrise in the BVI is more like 0540.
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Re: Filling up the water tanks on Jost
[Re: casailor53]
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03/25/2015 02:48 PM
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casailor53 said:jboothe said: Yes they open a little later than I would have thought at a marina especially when sunrise is at 5am during the summer. Earliest sunrise in the BVI is more like 0540. My apologies for not being exact with my time for the sunrise in the BVI. Yes you are correct in June the official sunrise is around 5:40am. So I'll just rephrase and say that it gets light in the BVI really early! And it gets light a lot earlier than official sunrise. Much earlier than the Midwest and it gets dark a lot earlier too. Not sure what that has to do with the late hours the marinas keep in the NS though. Especially since there were two boats waiting for water and three of us waiting on the docks to get ice and pay mooring fees.
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Re: Filling up the water tanks on Jost
[Re: OhDrinkBoy]
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03/26/2015 11:43 PM
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OhDrinkBoy said: Sadly, I'll be up at sunrise. I just can't sleep in once it hits pre-dawn. I've got that affliction. Actually, I like the quiet time and I've seen some neat things like a moonbow (rainbow caused by moonlight). Then I got yelled at for not waking the admiral up to see it!
Life involves risks, take some prudent ones (NOT with the BVI ferries)!
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Re: Filling up the water tanks on Jost
[Re: beerMe]
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03/27/2015 10:14 AM
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warren460 said: I dont think that Saba offers any fuel.
I concur, I do not believe Saba offers any fuel.
Last edited by Murdock; 03/27/2015 10:29 AM.
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