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Chartering in the BVI – Day 5

Today we went from Coral Bay to Soper’s Hole to Norman Island. We had a wonderful sail to Soper’s Hole and checked back into the BVI. We looked at some boats we couldn’t afford – yet – and made our way down to Norman Island to grab a mooring at The Bight. It was packed […]
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Chartering in the BVI – Day 4

We checked out of the BVI and headed to Cruz Bay, St. Johns VI. Our dinghy drifted off in the afternoon – so we spent some time learning how to tie up a dinghy securely ðŸ™‚ Then we got some more sailing lessons through some, for us, significant waves and wind and finally had a surprise […]
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Chartering in the BVI – Day 2

This is our second and third sailing days in the BVI. We sailed from Virgin Gorda (where I actually sailed out of the mooring!) to Anegada and finally to Jost Van Dyke Island. We were doing a lot of learning and it was difficult to film very much but we did get a little footage. […]
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Chartering in the BVI – Day 1

This is the first day of our sailing trip to the BVI. Tim Taylor, who has been very involved in Nautical Monkey called me on Saturday (4 days before the trip) to ask if I’d be interested in doing some sailing on the Caribbean. After rescheduling some client meetings, sales calls and a trade show, […]
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How much should I charge to share my boat?

Anyone who has shared, or thought of sharing, a boat has had to face the question of how much to charge partners.  In a shared ownership or syndicate scenario the question gets a little easier, i.e., split all costs according to percentage of ownership for each owner.  When you want maintain ownership but share your […]
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