BVI 10 day charter.......Top 8

[XTR]

Originally Posted by jgbpa

We a going to stay at resort but rent a boat for daily use. Which charter company is really the best?

If you have a boat you do not need the resort. Where are you planning to sail in and out of? Day sailing will be up and down the drake. I'm not sure what you are planning to do here.

When I went there in March we had the biggest northerly swell since the Perfect Storm event of '93 (think I got the yr) Winds were in the 20-25 range and the northerly swells were at 15-20, there was an over head curl on the reef going into Spanish Town, the Baths and Cane Garden Bay were closed out and someone had to get helicoptered off of Sandy Cay because they got the dink in and couldn't get it back out through the surf.

We had a fantastic time sailing though. I had two day long sails. Beating up the Drake to the North Sound from Norman and we sailed around St. John from Sopers Hole to Norman later in the week.

We're going in Dec for 7 days. I'd love to get a logical order to these great places. 3 Kids, 2 Adults - Beneteau 473...

Pick a direction and sail either clockwise or counter clockwise around Tortola. If it's your first time there you can hit a different anchorage ever night, the only caveat is that you won't get a lot of time on shore in the daylight that way. Most of the time the wind is E to NE, hopefully you get good wind the day you decide to do your down wind run. Plodding along at 3 kts with no apparent wind all afternoon is not fun (start the motor, you paid for the fuel when you took the boat out)

Plan to try to hit the anchorages by no later than 1500, though in June it may be easier and less full.

As for fishing if you are going to fish make damned sure you get the proper license, I'm sure your charter co can help with that. There are huge fines (10s of thousands) and/or jail time associated with wetting a hook in BVI with out a license.

Wade's Stuff

Pictures of my little trip can be found above

[Saildoggie]

As mentioned eariler in the thread, there is a specific forum on BVI's here: Traveltalkonline

We are booked for our 14th. BVI charter, 10 days in late June aboard One Love, a Voyage 440 Premiere Plus.

Jump over to Travelltalk and have fun!

[northbay]

Not sure about who day charters, other then crewed, out of
the BVI's. Have you checked with the resorts?

[imagine2frolic]

No chart needed. Most companies give you a chart with where you can, and cannot sail. Everything is eyebal, and close.....i2f

[kiprichard]

We went to sail so we didn't go to some of the tourist & diving places others may prefere but here's my list:

Go:
-The Bight - Norman Island (foreget Willy T and go to Pirates )
-Marina Cay ( actually you can't go too far wrong if you go to any place that has a Pussers)
-Anegada ( We went to the Reef Hotel for lobster but I think next time I'd go to Neptunes Treasure )
-Leverick Bay in North Sound, Virgin Gorda
-Cane Garden Bay
-Sopers Hole
Skip:
-Bitter End Yacht Club & Saba Rock (Way too expensive! Stay at Leverick Bay and dingy over to have a look)
-Most of Jost Van Dyke. Great Harbour has no mooring balls and the ones in White Bay were in poor condition. Foxy's was a disappointment. We circumnavigated Jost Van Dyke and the Tobagos leaving from Cane Garden Bay and ending at White Bay. It was a great sail! I'd do that again for sure but I'd continue on to Sopers Hole.

Next time (there will be a next time) I'd add Spanish Town for sure and probably a lot of other places we didn't get to. The sailing was awesome. The winds were consistent, 15 - 25 most days.
If you're going to eat dinner on shore phone for reservations. It's not that they don't have room but in some places if they don't know anyone's coming the staff just goes home.
I checked this thread before we went and used some of the info contributed by others so I thought I'd contribute my 2˘. Hope it helps.