Actually, it was my 6th trip. I've been to Anegada 4 times, but to the BE
all 6. We had bad weather for the Anegada trip the other 2.

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"DSK" wrote in message
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JG wrote:
We got on the plane home on the 28th. I recognize the large yacht stern
to at the dock.

Did you see how the illuminated letters on the transom slowly change
color? That was cool... sort of reminiscent of a "boom car" but if I ever
own a megayacht, it'll have to have that feature...


... We were definitely there within a few days of that picture. Had many
drinks at the bar just "below" the white yacht in the pic. There was a
small dinghy dock right in front of the bar.


During the days we were either sailing or snorkeling. That pic was taken
on the one morning we did neither, and hiked up the hill(s). Evenings we
were hanging out at the clubhouse on the other end of the walk. Some
nights they had a steel drum band.

Was this your first visit to the BVI and the Bitter End?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

JG wrote:
Actually, it was my 6th trip.

Cool!


.... I've been to Anegada 4 times, but to the BE
all 6. We had bad weather for the Anegada trip the other 2.


I've only been to Anegada once, it seemed like bad karma for us. Great
snorkeling though.

IMHO the best sailing vacation is to stay in the hotel. You can sail any
of the boats, don't have to worry about anchoring or cooking or
cleaning or monkey with a dinghy outboard.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Have you been to Green Cay? If it's not to surgy, it's a great place...
beautiful beaches, snorkling is ok too. Less dramatic landing with the
dinghy than Sandy Cay.

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"DSK" wrote in message
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JG wrote:
Actually, it was my 6th trip.

Cool!


.... I've been to Anegada 4 times, but to the BE all 6. We had bad
weather for the Anegada trip the other 2.


I've only been to Anegada once, it seemed like bad karma for us. Great
snorkeling though.

IMHO the best sailing vacation is to stay in the hotel. You can sail any
of the boats, don't have to worry about anchoring or cooking or cleaning
or monkey with a dinghy outboard.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

JG wrote:
Have you been to Green Cay? If it's not to surgy, it's a great place...
beautiful beaches, snorkling is ok too. Less dramatic landing with the
dinghy than Sandy Cay.


Yes, and we liked Little Jost Van Dyke better than JVD. The charter
companies don't want you to go to the good places (such as Brewer's Bay)
which is fine with me.

Anageda & Eustatia Reef was the best snorkeling we've found there,
although some of the places off the beaten path like Mountain Pt & South
Sound are pretty good. The lack of crowds appeal to me. We also went to
the Invisibles which was interesting & different.

Anageda can be tricky... strong current and breakers most of the time.
Not only dangerous but it pulls people into situations where they damage
the reef.

It makes me furious to see tourists standing on the reef or handling
things. The locals explain the proliferation of dead coral by saying
"hurricane damage" but there's more than that going on. We saw a fair
amount of healthy stuff and regrowing coral, but not in the places
jammed with charter boats.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

TMM had Brewers on the no-go list when we got there. Apparently, a previous
charter boat "came to grief" there, according to the guy who checked us out
that day.

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"DSK" wrote in message
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JG wrote:
Have you been to Green Cay? If it's not to surgy, it's a great place...
beautiful beaches, snorkling is ok too. Less dramatic landing with the
dinghy than Sandy Cay.


Yes, and we liked Little Jost Van Dyke better than JVD. The charter
companies don't want you to go to the good places (such as Brewer's Bay)
which is fine with me.

Anageda & Eustatia Reef was the best snorkeling we've found there,
although some of the places off the beaten path like Mountain Pt & South
Sound are pretty good. The lack of crowds appeal to me. We also went to
the Invisibles which was interesting & different.

Anageda can be tricky... strong current and breakers most of the time. Not
only dangerous but it pulls people into situations where they damage the
reef.

It makes me furious to see tourists standing on the reef or handling
things. The locals explain the proliferation of dead coral by saying
"hurricane damage" but there's more than that going on. We saw a fair
amount of healthy stuff and regrowing coral, but not in the places jammed
with charter boats.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Yeah... well there are 3 reefs in the bay.... one in the middle that
everyone runs aground on. If you enter on the stbd side there is a clean
deep sand entry good to the shore. I've seen a half dozen boats go aground
in Brewer's Bay.

CM

"JG" wrote in message
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TMM had Brewers on the no-go list when we got there. Apparently, a
previous charter boat "came to grief" there, according to the guy who
checked us out that day.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"DSK" wrote in message
...
JG wrote:
Have you been to Green Cay? If it's not to surgy, it's a great place...
beautiful beaches, snorkling is ok too. Less dramatic landing with the
dinghy than Sandy Cay.


Yes, and we liked Little Jost Van Dyke better than JVD. The charter
companies don't want you to go to the good places (such as Brewer's Bay)
which is fine with me.

Anageda & Eustatia Reef was the best snorkeling we've found there,
although some of the places off the beaten path like Mountain Pt & South
Sound are pretty good. The lack of crowds appeal to me. We also went to
the Invisibles which was interesting & different.

Anageda can be tricky... strong current and breakers most of the time.
Not only dangerous but it pulls people into situations where they damage
the reef.

It makes me furious to see tourists standing on the reef or handling
things. The locals explain the proliferation of dead coral by saying
"hurricane damage" but there's more than that going on. We saw a fair
amount of healthy stuff and regrowing coral, but not in the places jammed
with charter boats.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King