Sailing the British Virgin Islands - Sep 2022

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Denver, United States
British Virgin Islands, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
From Sep 3, 2022 to Sep 10, 2022 (Flexible)

Trip Details

I'm looking to sail for one week around the British Virgin Islands, in the fall of 2022.  Depending on covid (and other unforseen things), this might or might not actually happen.  The dates are tentative.

I'm thinking to sail primarily around Tortola, starting at Road Town and heading southwest around Tortola to get to Jost Van Dyke.  Maybe stop overnight at Smuggler's Cove.  One option - instead of going to Jost Van Dyke - is to go south from Tortola, to Salt Island, Cooper Island, etc.

Either way I'd like to eventually make our way over to The Baths on Virgin Gorda, the island east of Tortola, and play there for a day.

If not the BVI's, then maybe someplace in the Bahamas or US Virgin Islands.  In the USVI, americans won't need passports and the covid restrictions will be easier -- sorry to my global friends but I'm american so I have to do what works for me if covid is still a problem in late 2022.  I've sailed around Abacos and I would do that again in a heartbeat.    Here's a link to a video from that trip; sailing BVI would be very similar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc3jNQ7pbUk  


Renting the boat for this would be a shared cost of between $5,000 and $10,000 for a week, depending on the type of boat we choose (with or without air conditioning; number of cabins; monohull or catamaran; a few more things); we would split the cost of the boat according to how many people go on the trip.  Then we would each have additional expenses of plane tickets, food, souvenirs, etc.  So I know it's not a cheap trip.  But if you're interested, let me know and we can start putting together a crew.

It's not necessary to know how to sail beforehand, but it would be helpful if you knew how to sail, even if you've just sailed small boats on a lake (I learned how to sail in Colorado on 22-foot boats).  If we get a catamaran - which is best for those waters, since they are shallow - then we would be limited to 4 cabins, for a total of 8 people.  Catamarans are more expensive than monohulls, but they are also more comfortable and you don't have to worry about water depth (rocks, shallow water near beaches) nearly as much.

About me and sailing: I've sailed catamarans and monohulls for a couple of years, in Spain, Italy, the Bahamas, both coasts of USA, and getting ready to sail from Guatemala to USA.  I have licenses and credentials to be able to rent the boats, but we would need at least one other person who knows how to sail already - if we have two people who can sail, we can teach the rest of you while we're out there :)  More about me in general is on my profile.

Happy travels everyone!



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From Denver, United States ; 46 Years Old

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