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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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Note the rates plus a 15 percent resort fee for the paying guest. In reality anyone sleeping/staying at Oil Nut Bay is paying greater than the amount asked for day trippers. http://www.oilnutbay.com/stay-with-us/packages/At times Little Dix and Peter Island have listed "resort fees". We have never been asked to pay those with advanced confirmed reservations for dinner or lunch. Same with the old Biras Creek. During the busiest times reservations for dinner or lunch may not always be welcome.
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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tradewinds said: That's because you probably had a "freshly pressed blazer" on <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" /> ZINGER <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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This is all you need for a properly cared for blazer of reasonable quality. Save the pressing for pants and shirts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hoMhxgjh7Q
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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01/08/2016 10:47 AM
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You're sense of HUMOR is absolutely amazing. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" />
blaz·er.
NOUN
1.a lightweight jacket, typically solid-colored, often worn as part of a uniform by members of a club, sports team, or school.
or as a plain jacket, typically dark blue, not forming part of a suit but considered appropriate for formal or semiformal wear.
powereded by Oxford Dictionaries · © Oxford University Press
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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Winterstale said: "powereded" by Oxford Dictionaries? I'm a little worried about their reliability....<img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" /> Maybe lost in the copy/paste but you can always go with StormJib <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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01/08/2016 11:43 PM
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Hi Rick**,
Oil Nut Bay is a private resort for owners of property here or guests staying.
However, if we have availability on a day that you suggest in advance, we may be able to accommodate you. To use the facilities, we charge $195 per person.
We do not have a boat that runs from YCCS, only scheduled runs from Gun Creek to Oil Nut Bay and as I mentioned, our marina is not open. You could tender to our main arrivals dock.
Let me know when you are thinking and I can see how busy we are.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sara (from ONB)
(** Rick = ggffrr11)
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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01/09/2016 09:53 AM
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ggffrr11 said: Hi Rick**,
Oil Nut Bay is a private resort for owners of property here or guests staying.
However, if we have availability on a day that you suggest in advance, we may be able to accommodate you. To use the facilities, we charge $195 per person.
We do not have a boat that runs from YCCS, only scheduled runs from Gun Creek to Oil Nut Bay and as I mentioned, our marina is not open. You could tender to our main arrivals dock.
Let me know when you are thinking and I can see how busy we are.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sara (from ONB)
(** Rick = ggffrr11) The way I read this the $195 fee is to use the facilities but no fee to dine if they have availability. I don't have a problem with that.
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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01/09/2016 01:02 PM
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StormJib said: Let me help you with a little history cut and paste and some simple words.
If you are going to dress for the field during the day you should have the appropriate sport jacket. The sport jacket does not appear after sunset. If boats and the water are involved a blazer is the way to pack. The blazer can be very versatile. Oil Nut, Little Dix, Peter Island would all be place where a proper blazer may come in handy. If you want to bring a sport coat to hike during the day go ahead. We do not do that. During cool weather on visits outside of Atlanta or Savannah a sport coat would be packed.
"It was in the 19th century that the members of the Lady Margaret Boat Club – founded in 1825 - at Cambridge University’s St. John’s College adopted a gentlemanly sporting jacket with which to row in, in a vivid scarlet cloth to distinguish themselves as part of a team. Thanks to the bright shade, the term ‘blazer’ evolved; not quite a suit jacket, designed as a stand alone piece that can be worn to add a dash of formality. By the time the annual Henley Royal Regatta rolled around in 1839, lavish stripes as part of the uniform had become part of the blazer’s DNA, each team’s outfits designed to be easily distinguishable from one another." <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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RickinAtlanta said:How do you steam a Blazer? Tell it it's a Sport Coat! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/smashpc.gif" alt="" /> HeHe. Somebody had to say it.
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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Dear Moderators, I'm a little surprised that you don't stop some of this rudeness towards members, specifically "StormJib". "Opinions are like @$$holes; everybody has one", well the ABUSE is uncalled for.
Dear "tradewinds", "RickinAtlanta", "HillsideView" and "rhans", "StormJib" is a very nice gentleman. Let me tell you a little about him, as I have known him for over 15 years. He was a very successful businessman in PA and sailed his Tayana 55 annually to the BVI for years. He later bought a house on Great Camanoe and has lived there year-round (even "Manpot" doesn't live in the BVI year-round!) with his wife since 1999. He sold the Tayana and bought a smaller boat (43'), and has since replaced that one with a 48' (?) sailboat. There are some real know-it-alls on this board. "I've been coming on vacation to the BVI for 23 years", "I have chartered annually with the Moorings since 1991", "I spend three months a year at XYZ"; your knowledge pales in comparison to his. "StormJib" is a sailor's sailor. As a 68th (?) birthday present to himself, a few years ago he single-handed from the BVI to Bermuda. His wife was not pleased! If you want to disagree with this man, at least be polite about it.
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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01/11/2016 12:40 PM
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RickinAtlanta said:How do you steam a Blazer? Tell it it's a Sport Coat! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/smashpc.gif" alt="" /> Hahahahahaha!!! Crap, now I need to put a steamer onboard in addition to the iron & ironing board for the pants & shirts... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> There really still isn't a popcorn smiley on here? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
If I can't be a good example, I'll just have to be a horrible warning.
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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01/11/2016 12:53 PM
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casailor53 said: Dear Moderators, I'm a little surprised that you don't stop some of this rudeness towards members, specifically "StormJib". "Opinions are like @$$holes; everybody has one", well the ABUSE is uncalled for.
Dear "tradewinds", "RickinAtlanta", "HillsideView" and "rhans", "StormJib" is a very nice gentleman. Let me tell you a little about him, as I have known him for over 15 years. He was a very successful businessman in PA and sailed his Tayana 55 annually to the BVI for years. He later bought a house on Great Camanoe and has lived there year-round (even "Manpot" doesn't live in the BVI year-round!) with his wife since 1999. He sold the Tayana and bought a smaller boat (43'), and has since replaced that one with a 48' (?) sailboat. There are some real know-it-alls on this board. "I've been coming on vacation to the BVI for 23 years", "I have chartered annually with the Moorings since 1991", "I spend three months a year at XYZ"; your knowledge pales in comparison to his. "StormJib" is a sailor's sailor. As a 68th (?) birthday present to himself, a few years ago he single-handed from the BVI to Bermuda. His wife was not pleased! If you want to disagree with this man, at least be polite about it. It's admirable you feel the need to defend him, but personally, I'd love to hear a man with that kind of experience actually offering his own knowledge and recounting his own experiences, rather than googling and cutting & pasting somebody else's copyrighted material as his posts. Sooner or later, somebody who's sue-happy is gonna get this site shut down with all the copyrighted material he's posted.
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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01/11/2016 02:08 PM
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Stormjib seems to have a lot to offer from your description. I wish he would share his factual experiences rather than the wholesale copy and paste of freely available info that he seems to want to pass off as his own. I find more value in postings of personal experiences than what can be found on Google. Go back to his PARon days all the same.
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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01/11/2016 02:53 PM
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SuburbanDharma said:RickinAtlanta said:How do you steam a Blazer? Tell it it's a Sport Coat! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/smashpc.gif" alt="" /> Hahahahahaha!!! Crap, now I need to put a steamer onboard in addition to the iron & ironing board for the pants & shirts... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> There really still isn't a popcorn smiley on here? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" /> Not to worry in the Caribbean with the combination of heat and humidity all you need to do is hang good fabrics for a short period. The key is a travel wardrobe of fabrics selected to pack and unpack well.
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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01/11/2016 04:28 PM
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SuburbanDharma said: I tried it, but it burned my face & melted my eye makeup off. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" /><img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" /><img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />
I actually have a good steamer but it takes for freaking ever to work- I have more important things to do than worry about wrinkly clothes. But thanks for the suggestion! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Smile.gif" alt="" /> I have found if facial wrinkles or bad makeup even exists this will make it invisible to the human eye. Real Rhum I have heard even the knock off stuff can smooth out all kinds of worries..
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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SuburbanDharma said: The drunker you are, the better I look! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
So back to the original subject, is there any really compelling reason to go over to ONB? (Or YCCS, for that matter- is it just a restaurant & pool?) One some will always think the newest, hottest, most expensive, or "exclusive" is the best. Others are curious and think they must see. Just like the newest local restaurant or movie. Now to the BVI practical realities. For a decade or more there are simple many more boats and yachts. Bigger Boats with more packed aboard. When we chartered in 1979 four aboard was the norm. Today ten or more with generators, water makers, and AC. All those diverse people want options from 1-5 plus stars ashore. Yes, some on here love and swear by Leverick. Going back to the 80's I can remember a massive BEYC following. For decades BEYC has been "overcrowded" with seats at dinner there sometimes hard to get. So Oil Nut will provide a service to some of the community. Just like Peter, Scrub, and even Little Dix. When you reverse engineer the math all the land guests are paying far more of their room rate in "resort fees" than $195 if and when we as visiting yachtsmen are charged that fee. Oil Nut is a very well run high end venue. That is not and will not be for everyone. Just as the weekends at Willy T's may not be for everyone or sleeping in a tent at Ivans. More boats, bigger boats, higher end boats = demand for more and different seats for lunch, dinner,and near the pool. Since the 1990's we have been leaving part of our crew at the BEYC Pool for the day where some enjoy the high end salad. Others go off diving. We now expand to the spa at Peter Island for one day, and one night in a slip at Scrub. It all comes down to who is on your boat and if they want to just run from one sand beach bar to the next for 10-15 days. What is the draw. Nail Bay is the highest end option in the BVI along with Guana and a few others. I guess sleeping in a tent at Ivan's or Brewers would be the other end of the spectrum. 1-5 Stars the BVI now has all those options.
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Re: Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay / Oil Nut Bay
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SuburbanDharma said: I guess YCCS would be an option then, but I doubt I'd bother to go to Oil Nut if we can't bring the boat there. I don't see an issue with a resort fee if someone isn't staying there; why should the paying customers have to share the facilities with party crashers who just show up to use the pool? I have yet to find a marina shower that makes it worth getting off the boat but a good meal is a good enough reason for a one night stop.
Truthfully, the reason Leverick is so popular is the people. From Nick & Monica to the dock staff to the wait staff, everyone is always cheerful. At the other end of that spectrum we've found that other than the dock staff, everyone at Scrub couldn't care less that you're there.
We like a blend of high end & casual on our trips; maybe we'll try a night at YCCS next time... But they'd better have a laundry service available if they want our blazers to be pressed. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" /> $4 a Foot with a reservation and you can take the boat straight to their deep water dock. http://marina.yccs.com/the-marina/reservation-request.htmlNot to worry if you have a fabric wrinkle crisis they have you covered for a fee... SERVICES AVAILABLE Electricity, wifi, Customs and Immigration clearance, on board provisioning, fire suppression, Marine sewage pump out, Laundry service, potable water, garbage removal.
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