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Need 4 more for day sail to Jost and Sandy Spit

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:02 am
by vapored58
We're a couple from south louisiana looking for 4 more people to sail on the White Wing w/ Clark to Jost and Sandy Spit the first week of June. Our best day is May 31.[http://www.connectionsstjohn.com/Whitewing-info.htm, (see item #2 for itenerary). We would like to go to Jost, White Bay, Foxy's, Sandy Spit, etc.., but don't want to do the ferry thing. Trevor at "the bestofusvi" said if we could get six to go, Clark would probably take a day off from building his house and do the trip.
Clark sails from Coral Bay and has a 9 am - 6pm sail w/ very reasonable rates. He also comes highly recommended.
Any takers??? what would be your best day???

Bummer!

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:18 am
by cruiserkcs
I so wish I would have known about this last week! We so wanted to sail on White Wing, but when I talked to Clark last week he said he was booked for the week of 5/27 - 6/3. So, we booked with someone else and have already put down a deposit. And, we are from South Louisiana, too.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:25 am
by Xislandgirl
We sailed with Clark and had an incredible time. You will not be disappointed.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:21 am
by nola girl
My husband & I will be in St. John from 05/26/07 - 06/02/07. We are from Metairie. We wanted to take a day trip to Jost, but have yet to book anything. The only days we have anything scheduled is diving on the 27th & 29th. We would definitly be interested in joining you. Please let me know what the cost would be.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:38 am
by Mark
We sailed with Capt. Clark on May 1st. He is a wonderful host. We went to Jost and Sandy spit, it was a wonderful day. There were 3 of us and we had a conversation during the sail that if there had been 6 people onboard the seating area might be a bit cramped. But this is just my opnion. He will take less than 4 people but you have to pay for four. The total cost for 4 was $480.00 not including tip. We left at 9A.M. and did not get back until 8.30 P.M. and the day just flew by.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:53 am
by nola girl
I just looked at the prices listed on the web site referenced in the original post. The prices are very reasonable. We are definitly in if you can find 2 more and get Capt. Clark to take off. Please PM me with any additional info.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 11:07 am
by Xislandgirl
We sailed with six and it was fine space wise, but we were all friends so maybe that is why it didn't seem crowded. Our sail lasted until well into the evening as well and Chip tells everyone that it was the best birthday trip ever. We really had a great time and I can not recommend him highly enough.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 11:12 am
by cruiserkcs
Looks like there will be several of us Louisiana folks on STJ the same week.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:55 pm
by vapored58
extra info....the wife and i are 48....the username references the birth year..could underrstand how some folks would want to know such things.we came to this board after the infamous how old are you report.

yes. it does look like there will be a few of "us" down there at the same time. great..hope we can get together and say hi. lsu tiger will have just left.

islandgirl, i'll pm ya..cruiserkcs, what trip you guys are going on?

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 1:01 pm
by vapored58
island gir...thanks for the good report.

nola girl ... i'm sending you a pm now.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 2:02 pm
by cruiserkcs
vapored58 wrote:cruiserkcs, what trip you guys are going on?
Our sailing trip to the Jost Van Dyke will be on Survivan and anther day we are taking a powerboat, Limnos to the Baths & Normans.

Survivan doesn't go to Sandy Spit & I really wanted to go there and he doesn't provide lunch like White Wing does. Limnos will provide lunch.

There will be 4 in our party. All 4 of us are going on Survivan, but only hubby & I are going on Limnos.

We are in your age group, mid-40s to early 50s. It would be fun to have a little get-together.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 2:20 pm
by vapored58
white wing goes to sandy spit because he leaves from coral bay insead of cruz. this was/is a good itenerary for us.

we're also going to virgin gorda/caves/indians w/ flyaway charters on june 5. this is one trip i've been looking forward to. love to be in the water snorkeling. could stay there all day.

will try to meet up for sure. i'll pm you with more info. phone #'s and such so we can contact each other on the island. we have cingular and they said it should work w/ no problems.

we thought about renting our own boats, but i think you gain so much from having local captains educate you as you see their islands. and the relaxin w/o worrying about running over something is way worth it too!!

alright, i had stayed off the boards for awhile, now i'm getting all jazzed up again. less than 10 days...i'm going start packing.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:00 pm
by cat
Woo Hoo for south Louisiana! We won't be there till the end of June but wish we could have met you guys! Hve fun and post about your boating experiences so I can decide which we would like to do. I am having a really tough time making a decision on this topic!