Moorings Charter- now

Hello all.
Doing the sleep aboard tonight and thought I’d share the following:
I used the new Moorings online provision page a week ago. spent $1g and everything I ordered was delivered- no problem.
It’s my wife, our 4 kids (ages 16,14, 12 & 9) and me on a new 46.3 mono.
We did something different this year in that we provisioned a la cart for breakfasts on board, lunches on board and lots of snacks and drinks/- Diet Cokes, Coke’s, Ting, juices, tons of water, Carib beer, Prosecco, Sancerre... BUT I ordered some Allen Bro’s burgers, pre-cooked ribs, pre-cooked short ribs, bacon-wrapped scallops and hot dogs for two nights of on board dinners- with some thick cut bacon tossed in just because. The Allen Bro’s arrived yesterday (frozen) and we checked a Yeti cooler bag on our flight from NY- still frozen solid when we boarded tonight. Also packed a can of Illy coffee. The preliminary itinerary:
Sat: Cooper
Sun: North Sound
Mom: North Sound
Tuesday: Anegada
Wed: Anegada
Thurs: Guana Island (one of our favorites)
Friday: Little Yost or CGB (kids love CGB)
Sat: Norman
Sunday: sad sail back to RT
The 2 days of built-in rest/flexibility (N. Sound/Anegada) allows for possible a Deadman’s Bay overnight anchorage if the winds/seas/inclinations agree).
Some may agree... some may disagree with this itinerary, but it’s all just variations of perfection.
Nothing better than the night before shoving off the dock- boat (beautiful boat- can’t believe how roomy a 46.3 can be) is stocked, gear is stowed.... 9 days of fun, sun, sailing and adventure ahead. Truly Blessed!
Wish us well!

Fair winds and following seas!

Looking forward to a trip report on the 46.3. We're chartering one in July.

Have fun and also look forward to a trip report?!

I considered placing a 46.3 into charter. I really love the layout of the boat. Let us know how it sails since it’s brand new in the fleet.
G

Enjoy your trip...

Enjoy your trip...

Did you ever receive any detailed specs about how the boat is equipped in the BVI? The spec sheet on Moorings website appears to be the factory provided 1 page sheet as opposed to the details found on other boats. For example the website shows 98 gallons of water capacity but surely Moorings added another tank.

I asked when we booked the boat several months ago but was told the BVI specs would be coming out later since it was new to the fleet.

Have a great trip, be looking forward to hearing about it!

Here you go!
https://www.mooringsyachtownership....rings_46.3_en-specsheetweb-caribbean.pdf

Thanks George. Boat is equipped like a cat.

Any ideas on the price of the boat setup like this?

Moorings is very much into demand pricing so to get the price, go to their website, select location, date and duration and you'll see the price.

Also get on their email list as they often run discounts of 5-15%.

Would love to see pictures of the boat. I'm chartering a Sunsail 46 in April and I believe they are pretty much the same boat.

Have fun!

https://www.sunsail.com/yachts/monohulls/sunsail-46-3-cabin

Brian are you chartering a mono or a catamaran?

Seen before... They are all stock photos from the Beneteau 46.1. Even the one that says Sunsail was a Photoshop. I would imagine the charter versions are a little different.

I think they are exactly the same. I know the 45 Beneteau was identical to the factory 3 cabin 45.
G

Last night. Like most planned itineraries, ours changed. Amazing Trip. The 46.3 is big spacious mono- plenty of room for 6 and loads of fun to sail. It is easily sailable by one person. All lines come to the port side helm. Jib is on a traveler so coming about requires no crew- just turn the wheel. My only complaint is that this boat like all Moorings monos has lazy jacks which make raising the main a bit of a tedious chore- if not pointed perfectly into the wind the sail gets caught on the lazy jack lines in the way up- more annoying then the ease provided when dripping the sail. Small point but....

We did two things this year that we’ve never done before and are worth noting:
1. If you get a calm night with light winds- anchor in Deadman’s Bay- wow!
2. Coco Maya!!!

Lazy Jacks --- Not needed when raising sail or underway -- the bitter end of the lazy jack halyard should be long enough that you can pull the lazy Jacks forward to the mast and secure them there before raising the Mainsail.
I have been sailing traditional schooners for most of my life and this is a standard rigging practice. Certainly for ease of raising the sail but more so because on a long passage the lines and any hardware will cause sail chafe!

In case anyone can enlighten me**
I do not understand why many charter boats dead end the Lazy Jack halyard at a cleat on the mast - with no extra line to use them properly.

Ordinary lazy jacks not attached to a stack pack is like you say relatively easy to drop and reset when dropping your sail.
On some stack packs the sail is sewn into the cover and the cover is supported by the lazy jacks, if you drop the lazy jacks the sail cover and the sail roll off the boom still attached to the jacks.