Thank you all! This is very helpful. Last year, I promised myself that I would not push my family too hard. However, without the experience of bare boating, I failed. On the 5th or 6th day, I found my wife crying in a chair at Bitter End looking out at the water. Of course, this is not good! This year, I have made every attempt to eliminate days with multiple stops and I will also make every attempt to avoid rough conditions. Another thing we did last year was put ourselves in situations where we were doing things in the afternoons instead of being in our spot and relaxing. If we do less each day, we will be able to get to the next mooring and just enjoy the area we are in. With all of this said, I am trying to get my head around our overnights. We will alter this and will go with the flow more this trip, but this is a rough agenda:
Sleep aboard
Kelly Cove, Norman
White Bay, Jost
St. John
St. John
Cane Garden Bay
North Sound
Anegada
Jost
Jost
Scrub (kids play in pool while we pack)
I am worried about the day we leave Cane Garden Bay and spend the night in the North Sound. We are considering eliminating a night on St. John and allowing ourselves to enjoy the north side of Tortola, which we have never done. If we did this, we could spend the night in White Bay, Guana or Marina Cay. We would like to spend some time around the Baths prior to heading up to the North Sound, so spending the night in the Marina Cay area would break this up. Without spending the night, we would have an action packed day of CGB to the Baths area and then up to North Sound in the afternoon. We have a power cat, but this seems like pushing it. I would appreciate any thoughts you have.
Thank you!
Steve
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