re: Caribbean Islands Recovery Thread

Posted on 10/11/17 at 6:39 am to VABuckeye

Posted by VABuckeye

Naples, FL

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 10/11/17 at 6:39 am to VABuckeye

Jost Van Dyke

This one in particular saddens me. I've spent significant time on Jost and know quite a few people there.

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Following Hurricane Irma, most buildings and the infrastructure of Jost Van Dyke were decimated, including most communication channels to the outside.

We have been happy to receive post storm reports that the storm’s survivors were gathering at Foxy’s which turned into a community kitchen and still functions that way. Other restaurants with sealed containers of food such as Soggy Dollar and Hendo’s combined resources bringing these items to Foxy’s.

Jost Van Dyke’s infrastructure is decimated. We are also extremely concerned about the potential threat of Hurricane Maria which is likely to impact Jost Van Dyke and the Virgin Islands over the next few days.

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Jost Van Dyke was ravaged almost beyond recognition.

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Posted by VABuckeye

Naples, FL

Member since Dec 2007

35611 posts

Posted on 10/11/17 at 6:53 am to VABuckeye

For those that love to sail.

The Moorings Update

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Hurricane update

9TH OCTOBER 2017: 12:00 GMT

The local teams in the British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and St. Martin have made great progress in just a short time since Hurricane Irma and Maria passed through these territories. We are working hard along with our partners in the cruising grounds to welcome guests back for the winter sailing season. The BVI and Puerto Rico will re-open December 9, 2017 and St. Martin will re-open February 1, 2018.

We are excited to announce that the British Virgin Islands will receive 130 new boats for a value of $66.5m thanks to the financial strength of our company.

Our destinations in the Bahamas, Belize, Grenada and St. Lucia were unaffected and continue to operate charters normally. In addition, The Moorings will now offer charters from Antigua , booking now for departures starting November 4.

If you have a scheduled charter departure in the BVI and Puerto Rico between now and December 8th 2017, or in St Martin between now and January 31st, please contact our Vacation Planners at (800) 416-0820 or sales@moorings.com (link sends e-mail) for assistance with rearranging your charter if you have not been contacted yet.

Click here (link sends e-mail) to donate to our employee relief fund, which has been set up to help our team members directly affected by the recent Caribbean hurricanes, many of whom have suffered significant losses. As leaders in the yacht charter industry, our goal is to unite sailors everywhere to help these destinations recover as quickly as possible. Thank you for your support of the #CaribbeanComeback. If you wish to help the BVI community directly please consider donating to BVI Relief. bvirelief.org (link sends e-mail).