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Asked By:
Marty Smith
Date:
06/02/2009
Boat:
Always Sailing
My wife and I are going to the BVI's (British Virgin Islands) on February 28th picking up a Mooring's 4600 bare boat. I have two questions:
1) The Mooring's offers a provisioning package, or truly bare boat. Are we better off taking the provision package, or trying to buy food locally?
2) We return the boat on March 7th. We have never been to the BVI's and are wondering what a reasonable routing for those 6 days would be?
1) The Mooring's offers a provisioning package, or truly bare boat. Are we better off taking the provision package, or trying to buy food locally?
2) We return the boat on March 7th. We have never been to the BVI's and are wondering what a reasonable routing for those 6 days would be?
Answer:
" Hi Marty
I am not familiar with the provisioning package offered by Moorings, but I suspect it will be pretty basic. Provisioning in Rhode Town is pretty easy, the supermarket is very close to the Moorings base the main one being Bobby's although you may need to visit more than one to get all you want. If you are planning on eating ashore much, it may be more economic to just provision for what you need. Again I am not familiar with their deal on this subject.
On the itinerary the hot spots are.... Great Harbour on Peter Island, The Baths on Virgin Gorda, athough this can be rolly and you may choose to move over to Spanish Town for the evening. The Bitter End Yacht Club is a nice spot in Virgin Gorda. White bay on Guana Island, very quite. The Bight on Norman Island is a nice spot to take a mooring, and you can stop off in the Indians on the way for some spectacular snorkelling. Trellis bay in Beef island E. of Tortola has a nice restaurant called the Last Resort on the island in the middle of the bay. Also if you feel adventurous take the boat out to Anegada to the main Harbour and go ashore for a Lobster lunch.
On the routing you can pretty much get from one end of the BVI's to the other in a day so take your pick and it really depends on how much sailing you want to do in the day. I usually end up zig zagging around a fair bit.
Enjoy, we hope you have a great vacation and if you have any further queries please do not hesitate to post a further question.
Regards
Ian Fagg
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Comments:
Bob White | Boat: Mezza Luna | 07/02/2009
Hi Marty, I've traveled a bit in the BVI's myself and the advice Ian gave is spot on. Personally, I would pass on the provisioning, you will probably end up eating ashore a lot and you will have a lot of wasted food. If you go to Anegada, be very careful as it is surrounded by reef, but the main harbor has plenty of depth. I don't remember the exact name of the restaurant, but the one on the left facing the harbor is really good and they pull the lobsters right out of the water in front of you before grilling them - - terrific. Also, one place Ian didn't mention is the Cooper Island Beach Club - - it's a fun place for a lunch stop, take a mooring or anchor in about 25 feet with good holding in sand. Nothing else on Cooper Island though, so make sure it is just a stop for lunch. You might also want to check out Great Cane Bay on the back side of Tortola, it's a pleasant anchorage and one of the oldest still functioning rum distilleries is s short walk from the shore. Hope this helps, Randy
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