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Day Sails In Trouble????
Day Sails In Trouble????
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Interesting. I'm sure there is an answer at a secure dock. I'm also sure that they will have to pay more which means the day sails will cost more.
Interesting. I'm sure there is an answer at a secure dock. I'm also sure that they will have to pay more which means the day sails will cost more.
That's just sickeningly stupid. Is anyone out there really worried about AlQueda staging an attack on St John or Tortola? If the great Homeland (Fatherland?) Security wants to do something, they ought to clean up the gang problems in our own cities. I'm not worried at all about somebody over in AbuDabi, I'm worried about the crack addict/gang bangers down the street.
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mrscaptainjay
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Ok, so am I understanding this right. To get to Jost from STJ, you will have to take the regular ferry to STT, and get on the ferry to Jost. Then coming back you will have to go to STJ for customs, then back to STT and then get on the regular ferry back to STJ? That is crazy. We were planning on a saturday trip to Jost and had planned on just getting off the ferry at STJ to hang out awhile before going back to STT. They are saying you can't get off the Jost ferry at St. John that you have to go back to STT first. Wow, that will be a big PITA!!
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I read this as referring to day sails and does not impact the regular ferry service, which I think you're referencing.mrscaptainjay wrote:Ok, so am I understanding this right. To get to Jost from STJ, you will have to take the regular ferry to STT, and get on the ferry to Jost. Then coming back you will have to go to STJ for customs, then back to STT and then get on the regular ferry back to STJ? That is crazy. We were planning on a saturday trip to Jost and had planned on just getting off the ferry at STJ to hang out awhile before going back to STT. They are saying you can't get off the Jost ferry at St. John that you have to go back to STT first. Wow, that will be a big PITA!!
Doesn't it seem strange that there was no mention of the Coral Bay side of Saint John? I guess as far as terrorist threats go, Coral Bay is absolutely of no interest.......as far as Home Land Security goes, I would trust them to secure the dog house in my back yard....
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mrscaptainjay
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[quote="promoguyI read this as referring to day sails and does not impact the regular ferry service, which I think you're referencing.[/quote]
I hope you're right. Is the Jost ferry a part of the "regular" ferry service? I think this issue also includes water taxis. Jay inferred that you would not be able to disembark at the customs dock period, so I thought that would include ferries returning from BVI. I hope it doesn't.
I hope you're right. Is the Jost ferry a part of the "regular" ferry service? I think this issue also includes water taxis. Jay inferred that you would not be able to disembark at the customs dock period, so I thought that would include ferries returning from BVI. I hope it doesn't.
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Am I missing something? After reading the PDF of the letter received the Coast Guard lists 4 docks that CAN be used.
Are they (SOLAS boats) not allowed access to these docks? Is the issue that they would have to pay to use these docks?
On to the larger issue at hand...
I agree all of this crap is TOTAL BS. All it does is punish honest biz owners. Hell if the CG was doing their job we wouldn't have illegal immigrants being dropped off in Coral Bay with the regularity that they are.
It is nearly impossible to secure a small island like STJ and quite frankly I've never understood the logic of that stupid fence on the Cruz Bay dock. It's a waste of taxpayer money and a farce (to say the least). There's nothing like a fence to say "WELCOME!"
We've got major urban areas that need real funding to protect themselves and instead DHS is squandering the dollars on cities in Nebraska and this crap.
Occasionaly this kind of stupidity motivates me to write to my Congressman and Senators. It should motivate you too! Often they are so busy they have no clue that this kind of crap is going on and can step in with some common sense solutions. Hell, I'd be willing to bet that they would enjoy going on a fact finding mission to figure it all out... don't you?
Are they (SOLAS boats) not allowed access to these docks? Is the issue that they would have to pay to use these docks?
On to the larger issue at hand...
I agree all of this crap is TOTAL BS. All it does is punish honest biz owners. Hell if the CG was doing their job we wouldn't have illegal immigrants being dropped off in Coral Bay with the regularity that they are.
It is nearly impossible to secure a small island like STJ and quite frankly I've never understood the logic of that stupid fence on the Cruz Bay dock. It's a waste of taxpayer money and a farce (to say the least). There's nothing like a fence to say "WELCOME!"
We've got major urban areas that need real funding to protect themselves and instead DHS is squandering the dollars on cities in Nebraska and this crap.
Occasionaly this kind of stupidity motivates me to write to my Congressman and Senators. It should motivate you too! Often they are so busy they have no clue that this kind of crap is going on and can step in with some common sense solutions. Hell, I'd be willing to bet that they would enjoy going on a fact finding mission to figure it all out... don't you?
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