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Hi all,
We are looking to book a trip in early April to stay on Virgin Gorda. We also want to spend a few nights on Anegada so I'm trying to sort VG to Anegada. I've been to the Smith's and Fast Ferry site and there are no trips scheduled until late April. I thought they maintained the M-W-F schedule year round except during hurricane season???

Whoa Air France 446 heading to sxm suspected a fuel leak going over Atlantic & diverted to Gander Newfoundland in Canada. Landed safely where they were looked after & accommodated by airport staff. A new aircraft was sent from Paris CDG & carried passengers on to SXM. Reported by CBFM- Cape Breton. I wondered what the AF4080 flight was. Now I know. Good job Gander!!

Not the weather we were hoping for but we made the best of it. Enjoy the read!
https://susannj.com/2025/02/22/arctic-blast-in-key-west-january-19-25-2025/

Hi, has anyone had a connection in St Thomas on a Cape Air flight recently? I want to fly into STT from JFK and then take a Cape Air flight. Will I have to get off the plane and then have to go back through security to catch the Cape Air flight? I'm trying to figure out timing on the Cape Air flight.

Kitties on the move!!

We have three little ones ready to go and join their forever home and they need your help getting there. Are you and your group travelling to Albany NY, Hartford CT, Newburgh NY or Burlington VT in the next week or so and could escort them?

Email us a screen shot of your itinerary and we will see if we can match you up.

PAW are always looking for puppy/dog escorts to FL and kitten/cat escorts to Boston if you can't help with the above!

Many thanks

Leaving Great Harbor Peter Island this morning heading over to Roadtown. Sad to see a Moorings monohull on the rocks on the leeward/western side of the anchorage entrance. Partly sunk by the bows but mostly on the rocks. No one onboard as we passed.

Later learned that it happened overnight - some failure of the mooring ball itself or the way the vessel was tied to the ball. Crew was rescued overnight and were seen later in the morning at the Moorings base apparently shaken up by the incident (not surprising) and working the order to get back home.

Very windy week. Lots of pressure on moorings of all types… buoys, anchors, and surging on docks. Be safe out there.

Does anyone have info on this place other than what their web site states? Where is it near? How far to the beach?

Two Weeks in BVI - What an amazing time in the islands!

We had 5 boats this trip and 42 people joined us from Twin Cities Sailing Club, Minneapolis Sailing Center and WYC. Two crews for two weeks worked very well for me and Waypoints Yacht Charters was great when we did have issues. Anthony, the base manager is amazing!

Coco Maya was stellar as usual. The Baths have been rerouted since the last time I went ashore there a couple years ago and it’s a nice hike to the top now. We ran into Beach Battle Challenge in front of Soggy Dollar and that was quite a sight when the helicopter came over the hill to the Mission Impossible soundtrack. Sandy Spit palm trees were watered with two great friends. Bubbly pool was churning, Sweet Ice Willie was rocking and yoga at sunrise on Saba Rock was sublime. Money Bay was nice and quiet again this year. The Indians delivered fantastic snorkeling as did the caves at Norman. We visited Saba for sundown drinks and Leverick Bay for some mooring ball practice.

Winds were much stronger than my last few trips, like 10 knots higher. I’m curious if that’s due to it being two weeks later and into February. I don’t think there was more than a day or two when we had less than 20, which is great, we just reefed. With the stronger winds we managed 10.2 knots top speed on Steel Away a 53’ monohull reaching over 10 a couple times. Seas were big on the back side of Norman and Peter, 8 foot swells, but worth the journey to get to Money Bay.

The Dogs balls were being replaced which is nice. Not so nice was the Moorings 5000 captain anchoring there. Trellis balls are in much better shape than last April. Best snorkeling was Norman, best food Coco Maya, best deserted anchorage Money Bay and best sunset we had was from Pirate’s Bight. Best taxi setvice - Shorty’s Taxi.

Also checked out the Voyage 590, big sweet cat that they anchored at White Bay to show off.

If you have interest in joining our flotilla next January, reach out to me. We run 3-6 boats and a variety of cats and monohulls. Until next time, hopefully in less than a year!

Hi all.
We were recently staying on Tortola and these kittens adopted us so we are trying to adopt them back to NY. Our returning flights left too quickly to get them vaccinated and heath certified to fly with us. They are cleared to fly from EIS or STT starting on Feb 11. PAWS BVI is helping us with all of this but we need an escort to help them fly. All expenses paid but need a helping hand getting them from BVI or USVI to NY. Of anyone is willing to help please let us know.