Conch Charters offer

[fullkeel7]

Whoa, I did not. That IS a another consideration. Thank you.

Bob

[Dzedzej]

Yes they are right, many places close in Sept, everything in at Bitter End, Jost only Soggy Dollar was open last year. Most places were open in Tortola and St Thomas, but this is due to cruise ship business. Here in the Abaco's Bahamas it is the same about half of the places close in Sept.
At least here in Abaco's we have plenty of holes to hide in when a storm pops up

[sailhog]

FullKeel,
Check with Conch and see if you can get an idea of the condition of the boat. I have a feeling that my friend's boat was in pretty bad shape even by Conch's standards. The other folks who chartered through them seemed happy enough with their boats...

[fullkeel7]

I would have never thought 'Paradise' had an amenities slow down. With the clear waters and all things sub-surface as my main priority, less crowding to me would be a PLUS, no so with the wife because of the lack of restaurants. This whole thing may have to wait 'til spring...MORE research and discussions with the first mate. I will surf the Conch website and maybe contact them sailhog, just to get a feel for that's available.

Thanks to all for the comments and info.

Bob

[Dzedzej]

Don't get me/us wrong while many close several stay open, we enjoyed last Sept easy to get a mooring ball, half the places did not even collect mooring fees. as far a what is open in Sept 07 we found


Redhook-everything
Tortola-just about everything
Charlotte Amalie-everything
Beef-De Loose Mongoose and Trellis Bay Cafe
Peters-the Resort warning $$$$$$$$$
Normans-Willie T
Jost-Soggy Dollar and Club Paradise...Foxy's close the day after we got there
Marina Cay-Pussers
Virgin Gorda-there were about 4 open
North (Bitter) End only Pussers Bar from 4-10 and that was the bartenders choice they were supose to close but she needed to work
Sopers- Pussers, Jolly Rodger

Hope this helps....it is a great time if you want peace, and there is stuff going on, but just not as much
Rich

[kenhoneycutt]

It was their Jenneau 36 that I chartered. The staff was friendly and spent all the time you needed to get familiar with the boat as well as give you a heads up about all the places to visit (I also chartered with Footloose 2 years ago, they weren't nearly as helpful). The Jenneau was pretty worn out. The autopilot and knotmeter didn't work at all and the throttle wouldn't hold position. About halfway through the charter the hot water quit (I was able to solve this by adding more antifreeze they provided - didn't know why they supplied it at the beginning of the charter - thought it was kind of odd - but figured it out when the hot water quit). Despite the problems they were minor - the price was considerably less than the other charter companies and the staff was terrific.

[sailvi767]

If your engine is using antifreeze it means there was a major problem with the engine. Its good that it did not fail on your charter. The fact that they knew of the problem and sent the boat out is a bit scary.