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Back after 10 years
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10/01/2023 06:53 PM
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Hello everyone. I am a longtime TravelTalkOnline user, but have not even logged in for 10 years! Have not chartered in the BVI since 2012. I have read back through almost 6 months of threads and I can see that a lot of things have changed in the BVI between Hurricane IRMA and Boatyball Right now I'm focused on selecting a charter yacht for June 2024 and then I'll probably be back here with a lot of questions. The charter company that we sailed with for many years, Pro Valor, is no longer in business. They closed their operation just before Irma - boy, they got lucky. So I am researching and talking to many charter companies, some we've used before and some new ones. I've narrowed it down to a Lagoon 450 from Catamaran Company or Navigare. I've sailed with Catmaran Company before and I like them (except for their base location) but I've never even heard of Navigare. Does anyone have experience with Navigare out of Nanny Cay?
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Re: Back after 10 years
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10/02/2023 11:47 AM
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Waypoints quoted much higher pricing. Brent from Captains Compass was very helpful but the Lagoon 450 in his fleet does not have a salon conversion to berth which we need for our group. Waypoint’s Elba 45 in Nanny Cay is only licensed for 8 and we are 9 so we cannot charter with them.
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Re: Back after 10 years
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10/02/2023 12:01 PM
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You might also want to talk to some of the TMM owners who do direct charters - Deepcut here has a great 46 and I'd bet he would set you up. I'd offer you TWT, but she is a 42, and you mentioned a 450.
Either way, welcome back to the islands! You're gonna have a great time!
Keep Smiling!!!
-Peter
Peter s/y Time Will Tell (2019 Lagoon 42) peter@syTimeWillTell.com
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Re: Back after 10 years
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10/02/2023 09:06 PM
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gjconsult
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I considered that but I would get shot if I separated a couple into separate coffin sleepers.
Since we have two young couples (daughters of two sets of parents) it would become a fight ‘why does my daughter have to sleep in the coffin berth and yours gets a cabin? For now the couples are splitting time in salon. Five nights in salon and then they switch to cabin with change of sheets
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Re: Back after 10 years
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10/03/2023 09:42 AM
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... a salon conversion to berth which we need for our group.
We chartered ORION out of TMM in May just for this reason. Salon conversion. ORIONShared our cabin head with the crew in salon. Waypoints St Thomas also has an Elba 45 with salon conversion. Family Therapy
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