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DavidBuoy
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Initially Posted - 06/17/2016 :  19:08:06  Show Profile
Well, I'm leaving on an 8:30am flight into San Juan followed by a puddle jumper into Tortola to bareboat charter a new 40' Leopard with a few friends on mine. Super excited! Will be down there tomorrow until next Sunday night. Just wanted to let you guys know. I'll be without cell/wifi but I'll definitely take a couple good photos/videos.

See you in a week!

Update: 6/30/16

Well, as expected the trip was amazing! It was full of amazing people, places, sailing, food, weather and fun. Working on readjusting to real life now. It's Thursday and I still haven't gotten anything done at work this week.

We've started working on cutting down and editing some of the thousands of photos but I figured I would throw a few up on the photobucket to share as well as a map of our itinerary. Enjoy!

http://s532.photobucket.com/user/RobLang_2008/British%20Virgin%20Islands%202016/story

Captain Rob & Admiral Alyson
"David Buoy"-1985 C25 SK/SR #5053
Edited by - DavidBuoy on 06/30/2016 05:40:42

TCurran
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Response Posted - 06/17/2016 :  19:23:45  Show Profile
Have fun (drink rum)! Brought a boat back from there last year and chartering one after Thanksgiving. Which company are you using?
Tom Curran
1981 Capri 25 Hull #101 "Dirty Debbie"
1988 Watkins 30
PAFB, FL
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 06/19/2016 :  06:45:17  Show Profile
Awesome! Jost Van Dyke! The Soggy Dollar. Nice!
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 06/19/2016 :  13:19:36  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Ooh, jealous, I really-really-really want to go do this. Take lots of pictures, drink lots of rum and have a blast.

Looking forward to the stories & pictures.
David
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Sirius Lepak
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MrKawfey
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Response Posted - 06/21/2016 :  15:03:03  Show Profile
I know he's already left, but when my wife and I bareboated 10 years ago for our honeymoon we got cell service in most areas. This was with Verizon and no special international plan. I was surprised on the first night sitting on the bow of our boat in Kelly's cove, watching the sunset when my phone rang down below.
Chris
Sacandaga Lake, NY
1984 C25 SRSK
"Les's Moor"
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shnool
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Response Posted - 06/21/2016 :  18:40:28  Show Profile  Visit shnool's Homepage
Verizon, has Travelpass now, $10 a day, full minutes and data, and YES it works all over the BVIs.

Just did a Leopard 3900 myself back in Feb.. great trip OOOH are they gonna have some GREAT pictures.
C&C 32 Smith Mountain Lake Virginia
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 06/21/2016 :  19:16:51  Show Profile
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Originally posted by shnool

Verizon, has Travelpass now, $10 a day, full minutes and data, and YES it works all over the BVIs...

But maybe he doesn't want to be in touch...

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GaryB
Andiamo
'89 SR/WK #5862
Kemah,TX
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DavidBuoy
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Response Posted - 06/30/2016 :  05:38:49  Show Profile
Added to the top!

Captain Rob & Admiral Alyson
"David Buoy"-1985 C25 SK/SR #5053
Edited by - DavidBuoy on 06/30/2016 05:40:11
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shnool
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Response Posted - 07/01/2016 :  06:31:47  Show Profile  Visit shnool's Homepage
Looks like we had a similar circuit... except I don't have the scuba cert!


You beat me by 1 foot of boat too :)
C&C 32 Smith Mountain Lake Virginia
Edited by - shnool on 07/01/2016 06:36:54
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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 07/01/2016 :  12:10:06  Show Profile
Similar to the route we did in January 2013. We were going to head back down there this December, but Zika virus has scared us off until there's a vaccine.
Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)
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DavidBuoy
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Response Posted - 07/01/2016 :  13:24:51  Show Profile
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You beat me by 1 foot of boat too :)



So we were able to side-by-side compare the Leopard 39 and the new 40 that we were on, and they turned out being worlds different. The 40 had a foot more freeboard, 2' more beam, full glass back with much larger feeling outdoor "area" as well as a glass door to the bow.

Captain Rob & Admiral Alyson
"David Buoy"-1985 C25 SK/SR #5053
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shnool
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Response Posted - 07/05/2016 :  07:56:17  Show Profile  Visit shnool's Homepage
No question the 1 foot of catamaran makes a HUGE difference in space. I was impressed when I saw the 50 foot cats, until I saw a 65 dock next to us... My S2 7.9 would be LOST as a toy from a pond down there.
C&C 32 Smith Mountain Lake Virginia
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