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You said you're staying at Scrub the first night? Or do you mean where should you stay the first night after that? ...either way, below are our thoughts on the four options you mentioned.

Cooper - You can eat aboard or get Deliverance to bring you supper over from Tortola (we've done this several times as dont like the 'dude-bro' fraternity at Cooper Beach Club or their food...well, food fine at lunch but dinner was dreadful). Also loads of turtles, southern rays and Eagle Rays in the bay. And some nice snorkeling at Cistern Point.

Peter - Willy T is gone, so not much around, some snorkeling to be had, but not as good as Cooper.

Salt - can be ok overnight, but can be dicey, we've always seen it as a day stop.

Ginger - Its a no from us. Maybe on a 150ft plus it can be a nice secluded anchorage, but otherwise there are better options.

So for us, it would be a no to Salt, a no to Ginger...maybe to Peter, but Cooper would be our pick by a country mile out of those 4.

...But on a 58, why not shoot up to North Sound? Lovely anchorage at Prickly Pear, off the Sand Box and you can RIB to Leverick to eat ashore (the 58's have a decent sized RIB dont they?), or get takeaway, or cook aboard. Then a nice wind angle for a fast sail over to Anegada the next morning, probably not much more than an hour or so on a 58.

Or do you mean the first night being the day you embark? In which case, what time does charter start? Usually you dont leave the dock until the next day...but if you do, then Norman Island - The Bight would be our choice. Great snorkeling at The Indians on the way, then at The Caves when you're in. One of the most sheltered mooring fields in the BVI and (if you like that kinda thing) the Willy T is back.