I am so glad to see this post, it is confirming that we are making the right decision to head over to St. John for the first time next month. We will be on the boat 11 nights and there is just 4 of us, so it shouldn't be too much of a hassle to do C&I. There was a great thread a while back that explained all we should need to know about the logistics and with that information in hand we decided to go for it. Now the big question is which anchorages would you recommend and why? I have figured 2 or 3 nights there. We usually do about half and half anchoring VS. mooring while we are in the BVI's and we love to snorkel.