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BVI Sailboat Charter Recommendations/Experience
Posted on 5/25/15 at 5:29 am
Posted on 5/25/15 at 5:29 am
My wife and I want to charter a crewed sailboat with a group of friends in the Virgin Islands that holds 10 plus crew (captain and cook). Has anyone recommendations-experience with charter companies? Should I go through a broker?
Is it a bad idea to take a 10 year old along? My wife and I are the only ones that have sailing experience, everyone else has motor boat experience. I'm thinking we charter a catamaran, it's stable, fast, etc.
Is it a bad idea to take a 10 year old along? My wife and I are the only ones that have sailing experience, everyone else has motor boat experience. I'm thinking we charter a catamaran, it's stable, fast, etc.
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Posted on 5/25/15 at 5:41 am to RedlandsTiger
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Capt.Joe is great. If he can't handle your group size he will recommend some one who can. Have painkiller at Foxy's for me.
Capt.Joe is great. If he can't handle your group size he will recommend some one who can. Have painkiller at Foxy's for me.
Posted on 5/25/15 at 6:26 am to RedlandsTiger
Sailing/Diving Charter
Stayed on the Cuan Law over 13 years ago. We did a dive trip with 3 dives a day for a week. 100 foot long trimaran with full crew (7 I think) with a galley and 10 staterooms if I recall correctly. It's home port was Tortola BVI at the time.
If anyone scubas I would do this boat/trip in a second.
Was the trip of a lifetime honestly.
Stayed on the Cuan Law over 13 years ago. We did a dive trip with 3 dives a day for a week. 100 foot long trimaran with full crew (7 I think) with a galley and 10 staterooms if I recall correctly. It's home port was Tortola BVI at the time.
If anyone scubas I would do this boat/trip in a second.
Was the trip of a lifetime honestly.
This post was edited on 5/25/15 at 6:30 am
Posted on 5/25/15 at 9:48 am to RedlandsTiger
Option 1: Voyage Charters out of West End Tortola.
Option 2: Moorings out of Road Town Tortola
Definitely go with the Cat.
I think it would be great to bring the kid, but it somewhat depends on the kid. No better way to help them be confident and learn about the power, science and beauty of sailing. If you are the overly nervous type or of the kid is prone to motion sickness or is a general complainer-type, it can make the trip very difficult.
Wish I had grown up sailing.
Have a good trip.
Option 2: Moorings out of Road Town Tortola
Definitely go with the Cat.
I think it would be great to bring the kid, but it somewhat depends on the kid. No better way to help them be confident and learn about the power, science and beauty of sailing. If you are the overly nervous type or of the kid is prone to motion sickness or is a general complainer-type, it can make the trip very difficult.
Wish I had grown up sailing.
Have a good trip.
Posted on 5/25/15 at 10:41 am to RedlandsTiger
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that holds 10 plus crew (captain and cook)
You may want a slightly larger crew.
Posted on 5/25/15 at 12:39 pm to RedlandsTiger
Wife and I did this trip 5 or 6 years ago with 5 other couples. We all left our kids home and I would recommend doing so as it will change the trip.
We went through a charter company and booked a 12 person cat. One week before we went the boat had to go in for repairs and our agent scrambled to get other boats. She ended up getting two boats to sub in at last minute. One was a 50 foot cat (swish) and one was a 72 foot monohull (sublime) We ended up with three couples on each boat but we stuck together and would either tie up with each other or would get mooring balls close to each other and just swim to each others boats. It ended up working out great this way. Gave us a little more space, only downside was that we weren't all together the whole time.
It was without a doubt the best vacation we have ever been on. Hit soggy dollar,Willy T's, did scuba, snorkel, several islands. Boat was all inclusive. Have tried to get the crew back together but it has been hard with kids schedules etc.
We went through a charter company and booked a 12 person cat. One week before we went the boat had to go in for repairs and our agent scrambled to get other boats. She ended up getting two boats to sub in at last minute. One was a 50 foot cat (swish) and one was a 72 foot monohull (sublime) We ended up with three couples on each boat but we stuck together and would either tie up with each other or would get mooring balls close to each other and just swim to each others boats. It ended up working out great this way. Gave us a little more space, only downside was that we weren't all together the whole time.
It was without a doubt the best vacation we have ever been on. Hit soggy dollar,Willy T's, did scuba, snorkel, several islands. Boat was all inclusive. Have tried to get the crew back together but it has been hard with kids schedules etc.
Posted on 5/25/15 at 3:41 pm to RedlandsTiger
One of my best vacations was doing the same about 10 years ago, we chartered the breanker but I think the crew has changed. Captain was a dive captain so we done 2 or 3 times a day as well. Bushwhackers as soon as we surfaced. If you go through a reputable company you cannot go wrong. We did go through our alcohol ration in 2 days so we had to restock, keep that in mind.
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