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Accident at Great Harbor Peter Island mcevog 02/14/2025 05:13 PM
Leaving Great Harbor Peter Island this morning heading over to Roadtown. Sad to see a Moorings monohull on the rocks on the leeward/western side of the anchorage entrance. Partly sunk by the bows but mostly on the rocks. No one onboard as we passed.

Later learned that it happened overnight - some failure of the mooring ball itself or the way the vessel was tied to the ball. Crew was rescued overnight and were seen later in the morning at the Moorings base apparently shaken up by the incident (not surprising) and working the order to get back home.

Very windy week. Lots of pressure on moorings of all types… buoys, anchors, and surging on docks. Be safe out there.
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Bananas lodging Aruba RonDon 02/13/2025 11:18 PM
Does anyone have info on this place other than what their web site states? Where is it near? How far to the beach?
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Last 2 weeks recap Alex Corbishley 02/11/2025 02:35 PM
Two Weeks in BVI - What an amazing time in the islands!

We had 5 boats this trip and 42 people joined us from Twin Cities Sailing Club, Minneapolis Sailing Center and WYC. Two crews for two weeks worked very well for me and Waypoints Yacht Charters was great when we did have issues. Anthony, the base manager is amazing!

Coco Maya was stellar as usual. The Baths have been rerouted since the last time I went ashore there a couple years ago and it’s a nice hike to the top now. We ran into Beach Battle Challenge in front of Soggy Dollar and that was quite a sight when the helicopter came over the hill to the Mission Impossible soundtrack. Sandy Spit palm trees were watered with two great friends. Bubbly pool was churning, Sweet Ice Willie was rocking and yoga at sunrise on Saba Rock was sublime. Money Bay was nice and quiet again this year. The Indians delivered fantastic snorkeling as did the caves at Norman. We visited Saba for sundown drinks and Leverick Bay for some mooring ball practice.

Winds were much stronger than my last few trips, like 10 knots higher. I’m curious if that’s due to it being two weeks later and into February. I don’t think there was more than a day or two when we had less than 20, which is great, we just reefed. With the stronger winds we managed 10.2 knots top speed on Steel Away a 53’ monohull reaching over 10 a couple times. Seas were big on the back side of Norman and Peter, 8 foot swells, but worth the journey to get to Money Bay.

The Dogs balls were being replaced which is nice. Not so nice was the Moorings 5000 captain anchoring there. Trellis balls are in much better shape than last April. Best snorkeling was Norman, best food Coco Maya, best deserted anchorage Money Bay and best sunset we had was from Pirate’s Bight. Best taxi setvice - Shorty’s Taxi.

Also checked out the Voyage 590, big sweet cat that they anchored at White Bay to show off.

If you have interest in joining our flotilla next January, reach out to me. We run 3-6 boats and a variety of cats and monohulls. Until next time, hopefully in less than a year!
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Haulover Beach inspectormark 02/08/2025 06:42 PM
Hi all. We are heading down to Miami the end of this month. My wife has a conference she is going to. I figured I would head over to Haulover while she's busy. We haven't been there in a number of years so I have a couple questions. Is there a food truck there during the week? How much is parking these days? Is it real crowed during the week? Thanks for any info.
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Escort needed CLG270 02/04/2025 09:01 PM
Hi all.
We were recently staying on Tortola and these kittens adopted us so we are trying to adopt them back to NY. Our returning flights left too quickly to get them vaccinated and heath certified to fly with us. They are cleared to fly from EIS or STT starting on Feb 11. PAWS BVI is helping us with all of this but we need an escort to help them fly. All expenses paid but need a helping hand getting them from BVI or USVI to NY. Of anyone is willing to help please let us know.
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Yacht Racing BVIslander 01/22/2025 08:01 PM
Sailing Events Coming Up for West End Yacht Club Sailors and visiting yachtsmen...

• The Manhattan Yacht Club's Caribbean Cruise is 25 January to 1 February.

• The St. Thomas Yacht Club is planning a "club cruise" to the BVI for 8 and 9 February. They will sail to Nanny Cay on the 7th, then on the 8th of February they will "race" up to the Bitter End Yacht Club. WEYC sailors wishing to add their vessels to the mix are welcome to do so.

• The 45th Sweethearts of the Caribbean race is the 15th of February at West End! Classes for classics, multihulls, monohulls and even wing-foilers (we've had a request!).
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La main a la pate jeepers 01/21/2025 12:39 AM
Dinner tonight. Grouper with creole sauce, coconut flan. Very good. Always top notch service.
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