Thank you forum members. Glad to be aboard and will continue to show our Island guests the wonder of the Virgin Islands above and below the sea. Capt. Doug and crew.

When you go to The BVI with private boats they have to charge you seperate from the trip costs because they don't want to pay commissions on custom and immigration costs. Ferry boat companies include the fees in the price of the ticket and the five dollar fee is a BVI departure tax.

I like the wall at Congo Cay, Henley Cay has the best staghorn coral I've seen and little St. James has the best variety of sponges, coral(blue),and it is like being in an aqurium.
Sailing to these places is the way to go.

I agree with FrankG about Charlotte but the natives of Jost Van Dyke pronounce Jost the Dutch way which is a hard J long O, Jo-st. Continentels mistakenly favor the spanish pronouciation. It just caught on because of the high turn-over of new people who come to work for a season.