Great advice not to go over to St John. We have the good fortune to go down to the BVI 3 times a year so its easy for us to pick and chose our stops without trying to hit all the "usual places". One reason we love Leinster is because hardy anyone comes over from the BVI because it does limit were you can go on a 7 day trip, thus we only have to share the area with 1 to 6 other boats. It all depends on what you want out of your trip. We actually enjoy sharing a place with only a couple other boats, cooking aboard, enjoying a glass of wine watching the sunset AND with no light pollution, great star gazing. When we were down in December we did encounter 5 other boats, they had chartered out of St Thomas and use Leinster as there first night on the way to the BVI or last day on the return. Bonus for us is having a US National Park pass, mooring is only $13 assuming the collection stations are even back up. We'll be down next week and most likely will be spending most of this trip in Anegada.