The clearing in and out was really no big deal. We had already done our counter-clockwise trip around the BVI and were in Great Harbor JVD anyway. I just dinghied up to the customs building, filled out a form, and left. At Cruz bay, we anchored in a 3-hour anchorage and then dinghied to the customs building. I later saw a boat pull right up to the customs dock. It can be done, but there are many ferries coming in and out. The anchorage at Cruz bay was small and there were already 2 boats in it. Although I anchor my catalina 30 every weekend, this was our first time anchoring a big cat. We had to reset the anchor several times before we were comfortable with it. We dragged a little the first couple of times. Again, we went into the customs building, filled out a couple of forms, and were on our way. The Customs officer was very rude, not much you can do about that...clearing in at west end took about 5 minutes. I would seriously consider Captain Jay's suggestion next time, as we all felt like we could use more time on St. John. We are more into diving, snorkeling, beaches than we are bars, so we found it pretty awesome.
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