I'm planning a sailing charter in the Caribbean around Christmas -
7-10 days with captain for two couples.

I've never been to the Caribbean and am looking for advice on which
island group would best fit our interests:

snorkeling and diving,
lack of crowds,
unihabited or islands still in their natural state,
close distance between islands.

We're not interested in nightlife or cities.

I'd love to hear any advice, ranging from where to go, favorite
charter companies, etc.

Thanks.

I'd consider the British Virgin Islands.

In rec.travel.caribbean nick wrote:
I'm planning a sailing charter in the Caribbean around Christmas -
7-10 days with captain for two couples.

I've never been to the Caribbean and am looking for advice on which
island group would best fit our interests:

snorkeling and diving,
lack of crowds,
unihabited or islands still in their natural state,
close distance between islands.

We're not interested in nightlife or cities.

I'd love to hear any advice, ranging from where to go, favorite
charter companies, etc.

Thanks.

--
Julie
**********
Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at
http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm

Charter from the Moorings in St. Lucia. Sail the windwards one way from
St. Lucia to Grenada. St. Lucia to Bequia, Canouan, Mayreau, Tobago
Cays (three uninhabited islands), Palm Island, Petit St. Vincent,
Carriacou, Sandy Island (uninhabited, great snorkeling) Grenada.
Exactly what you are looking for, we have done it several times, and
looking forward to leaving Florida fall of 2004 to head south.

Kelton Joyner
s/v Isle Escape

nick wrote:
I'm planning a sailing charter in the Caribbean around Christmas -
7-10 days with captain for two couples.

I've never been to the Caribbean and am looking for advice on which
island group would best fit our interests:

snorkeling and diving,
lack of crowds,
unihabited or islands still in their natural state,
close distance between islands.

We're not interested in nightlife or cities.

I'd love to hear any advice, ranging from where to go, favorite
charter companies, etc.

Thanks.

The BVIs fit #4, kinda #1 but definately not #2 or 3.

-- Geoff

Juliana L Holm wrote in news:biggai$pa8
@portal.gmu.edu:

I'd consider the British Virgin Islands.

In rec.travel.caribbean nick wrote:
I'm planning a sailing charter in the Caribbean around Christmas -
7-10 days with captain for two couples.

I've never been to the Caribbean and am looking for advice on which
island group would best fit our interests:

snorkeling and diving,
lack of crowds,
unihabited or islands still in their natural state,
close distance between islands.

We're not interested in nightlife or cities.

I'd love to hear any advice, ranging from where to go, favorite
charter companies, etc.

Thanks.

On 26 Aug 2003 13:14:41 -0700, (nick) wrote:

I'm planning a sailing charter in the Caribbean around Christmas -
7-10 days with captain for two couples.

I've never been to the Caribbean and am looking for advice on which
island group would best fit our interests:

snorkeling and diving,
lack of crowds,
unihabited or islands still in their natural state,
close distance between islands.

We're not interested in nightlife or cities.

I'd love to hear any advice, ranging from where to go, favorite
charter companies, etc.

Thanks.

Here's our experience in the Caribbean...

http://cox-internet.com/lorendi/bvi.htm



Margaret & Loren Block Georgetown, TX
C22 #14903 "Perfect Harmony"

Great website you put together. it brought back some fond memories. Since
I'm about a generation behind you I'd add a few more bits of advice. Get
your provisions at the supermarket across the street from the Mooring's
base. More selections and better prices in our experience anyway. Number
two, the William Thorton used to be a crazy boat to party on. The bartender
joined our party, I ended up behind the bar serving drinks and then people
started getting naked. I heard it sank recently, bummer!
Foxy's is a landmark that only seemed to get going on occasion. Maybe it had
to be a full moon type of thing. We spent some nights there bored and tired,
other nights wild and crazy. It just depends I guess. We charted a 45'
benetau with 6 people on board and there was plenty of room to spread out.
Our hard dingy was cramped for all 6, we usually used it as a shuttle and
made two trips.


wrote in message
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On 26 Aug 2003 13:14:41 -0700, (nick) wrote:

I'm planning a sailing charter in the Caribbean around Christmas -
7-10 days with captain for two couples.

I've never been to the Caribbean and am looking for advice on which
island group would best fit our interests:

snorkeling and diving,
lack of crowds,
unihabited or islands still in their natural state,
close distance between islands.

We're not interested in nightlife or cities.

I'd love to hear any advice, ranging from where to go, favorite
charter companies, etc.

Thanks.

Here's our experience in the Caribbean...

http://cox-internet.com/lorendi/bvi.htm



Margaret & Loren Block Georgetown, TX
C22 #14903 "Perfect Harmony"

In article ,
Kelton Joyner wrote:

Charter from the Moorings in St. Lucia. Sail the windwards one way from
St. Lucia to Grenada. St. Lucia to Bequia, Canouan, Mayreau, Tobago
Cays (three uninhabited islands), Palm Island, Petit St. Vincent,
Carriacou, Sandy Island (uninhabited, great snorkeling) Grenada.
Exactly what you are looking for, we have done it several times, and
looking forward to leaving Florida fall of 2004 to head south.
Yup, this is the ticket.

jay
Tue, Aug 26, 2003





Kelton Joyner
s/v Isle Escape

nick wrote:
I'm planning a sailing charter in the Caribbean around Christmas -
7-10 days with captain for two couples.

I've never been to the Caribbean and am looking for advice on which
island group would best fit our interests:

snorkeling and diving,
lack of crowds,
unihabited or islands still in their natural state,
close distance between islands.

We're not interested in nightlife or cities.

I'd love to hear any advice, ranging from where to go, favorite
charter companies, etc.

Thanks.


--

Legend insists that as he finished his abject...
Galileo muttered under his breath: "Nevertheless, it does move."

Go to Thailand or Malaysia. Everything the Caribbean has got in the way
of snorkelling, diving, deserted islands, empty anchorages, X 10 and NO
CROWDS. last time we were there was in February and in 12 days we saw
maybe a dozen yachts.

In message , nick
writes
I'm planning a sailing charter in the Caribbean around Christmas -
7-10 days with captain for two couples.

I've never been to the Caribbean and am looking for advice on which
island group would best fit our interests:

snorkeling and diving,
lack of crowds,
unihabited or islands still in their natural state,
close distance between islands.

We're not interested in nightlife or cities.

I'd love to hear any advice, ranging from where to go, favorite
charter companies, etc.

Thanks.

--
Philip Allum

x-no-archive:yes (nick) wrote:

I'm planning a sailing charter in the Caribbean around Christmas -
7-10 days with captain for two couples.

Just a note - I note that you talk about bareboating 'with a captain'.
IMHO that's the worst of both worlds. You have to do all the work of
feeding and catering to the captain, so you are responsible for the
provisioning etc and that negates the savings you get by bareboating.

That's why I gave a crewed charter URL (
http://www.sailingvacations.com/ ). Again IMHO it is better to have a
charter captain who is more than just a hired gun but has something
invested in seeing that his guests are happy i.e. a boat owner.

If you really want a bareboat though, there's another site which will
compare bareboat companies and give you the option in some cases of
booking on-line and that's http://www.ebare.com/

I've never been to the Caribbean and am looking for advice on which
island group would best fit our interests:

snorkeling and diving,
lack of crowds,
unihabited or islands still in their natural state,
close distance between islands.

We're not interested in nightlife or cities.

I'd love to hear any advice, ranging from where to go, favorite
charter companies, etc.

Thanks.

grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id2.html

BVI would certainly fit, but at Xmas finding boats will be tough and
it will be crowded. It would be better to go before or after Xmas.
Crowds and prices lower.

Grenadines is great. www.barefootcharters.com or www.sailtmm.com are
both good companies in St Vincent. If you aren't sailors St Lucia is
too far North to start a trip from. The conditions here will be
rougher than BVI.

As the Willie T is alive and well in BVI. The original sunk about 10
years ago.

Mike
www.sailingthecaribbean.com



"whenindoubt" wrote in message igy.com...
Great website you put together. it brought back some fond memories. Since
I'm about a generation behind you I'd add a few more bits of advice. Get
your provisions at the supermarket across the street from the Mooring's
base. More selections and better prices in our experience anyway. Number
two, the William Thorton used to be a crazy boat to party on. The bartender
joined our party, I ended up behind the bar serving drinks and then people
started getting naked. I heard it sank recently, bummer!
Foxy's is a landmark that only seemed to get going on occasion. Maybe it had
to be a full moon type of thing. We spent some nights there bored and tired,
other nights wild and crazy. It just depends I guess. We charted a 45'
benetau with 6 people on board and there was plenty of room to spread out.
Our hard dingy was cramped for all 6, we usually used it as a shuttle and
made two trips.


wrote in message
...
On 26 Aug 2003 13:14:41 -0700, (nick) wrote:

I'm planning a sailing charter in the Caribbean around Christmas -
7-10 days with captain for two couples.

I've never been to the Caribbean and am looking for advice on which
island group would best fit our interests:

snorkeling and diving,
lack of crowds,
unihabited or islands still in their natural state,
close distance between islands.

We're not interested in nightlife or cities.

I'd love to hear any advice, ranging from where to go, favorite
charter companies, etc.

Thanks.

Here's our experience in the Caribbean...

http://cox-internet.com/lorendi/bvi.htm



Margaret & Loren Block Georgetown, TX
C22 #14903 "Perfect Harmony"