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Re: Mooring Question
[Re: d_fish]
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05/03/2016 02:58 PM
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JMO, but I'd grab a ball in Great Harbor and cab it to White Bay for the day.
Kirk in Maryland
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Re: Mooring Question
[Re: Kirk]
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05/03/2016 03:26 PM
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Posts: 109 Bozeman / Minneapolis
snowdog
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Great question about Sandy Split. .... But I wish we had a "sticky post" that reminds people that planning a very specific itinerary is futile. Where to sail and where to spend the night is highly dependent on the weather and sea conditions. Exposed locations such as Sandy Split are even more suseptible to poor conditions and can't be planned in advance.
Last edited by snowdog; 05/03/2016 03:27 PM.
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Re: Mooring Question
[Re: Zanshin]
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05/03/2016 04:27 PM
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Posts: 312 Canton, GA
Felix
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I agree with Kirk, grab a ball in Great Harbor earlier in the day and take a cab over to White Bay. Only caveat is that you may hear music from Foxy's until 12 or 1am on a Friday night - it just depends on how many people are there and how late they want to party - so if you want quiet, I'd stick to the outside balls in the mooring field.
Felix
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Re: Mooring Question
[Re: bigbone]
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05/03/2016 06:53 PM
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Posts: 276 Atlantic Highlands, NJ
MarkS
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I was at Sandy Spit last May and there we no moorings there that I saw but I wasn't looking. Anchoring was very easy. It is exposed and I would not recommend overnighting there. If you grab a mooring towards the back of Great Harbor (farthest out) it is not noisy at all. We love Great Harbor and typically moor there early and either dinghy to White Bay (conditions permitting) or grab a cab for $5 (or walk).
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Mark Shichtman "Live for Today!"
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Re: Mooring Question
[Re: snowdog]
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05/03/2016 07:51 PM
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Posts: 306 Tustin CA
d_fish
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snowdog said: Great question about Sandy Split. .... But I wish we had a "sticky post" that reminds people that planning a very specific itinerary is futile. Where to sail and where to spend the night is highly dependent on the weather and sea conditions. Exposed locations such as Sandy Split are even more suseptible to poor conditions and can't be planned in advance. Not to worry, we plan a "rough" itinerary for provisioning and dining out purposes. Our trip is dynamic based on weather and sea conditions. Also I highly doubt we would anchor overnight in Sandy Spit, far too exposed for our liking. Our last night we want to moor relatively close to Soper's as we are chartering with Voyage and must return the yacht by 10 am. We do not like returning to Soper's the day before our charter ends as Voyage likes you in by 4:00 pm if you want to be on the dock. To me that is reduces our trip by one day, very anticlimactic. The last night we prefer a quiet anchorage to enjoy the peace and beauty of the BVIs. Maybe we will switch our nights and opt for Great Harbor first and our last night stay in Diamond Cay which is one of my favorite spots. As it stands with our preliminary itinerary we will end up in JVD area last for roughly 3 nights. This could all change and we start in this area first. BTW is there anything happening Friday nights in Great Harbor? Thank you for the tips.
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Re: Mooring Question
[Re: d_fish]
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05/03/2016 11:14 PM
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Posts: 61 San Antonio, TX
TreetopFlyer
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"We are not fond of Little Harbor."
Curious as to why you don't care for Little Harbor?
Tom
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Re: Mooring Question
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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05/06/2016 09:52 PM
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Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 5,678 An island state of mind
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GeorgeC1 said: I like Little Harbor also however you need AC to overnight there. It's hot and buggy from now until Dec. G I beg to differ. We've had our bimini blown off in Oct. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Mooring Question
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05/06/2016 10:21 PM
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Posts: 1,231 Middle Tennessee
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Winterstale said: Another vote for Strawberry and the family - we love having lobster at Sydney's and they are one of the few honor bars left as well. They are getting some not so faverables lately on TA.
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Re: Mooring Question
[Re: TravelHat]
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05/09/2016 07:46 AM
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Posts: 200 Oklahoma
LivinLarge
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We love eating lobster at Abe's !!! It is always perfectly cooked and you get a HUGE lobster (the whole thing !!) We never go to JVD without eating there at least twice.
Allan
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