![]() CBP thus required the whole crew to come to airport for visual confirmation which was a bit of a hassle but painless once we arrived. Had to call CBP to get them to look at info on the app and begin processing but things ran smoothly from there until the video conferencing failed to connect. Seas had six foot swells from NE and seemed like we may have surfed down an 8 footer or two but maybe that is a fish tale on my part.Īrrived in Ensenada Honda and anchored, raised the Q flag, and attempted to clear in via ROAM app. November 2 – Cleared out of Great Harbour on JVD at 0830 and began a long sail of 41.3 nm to Culebra heading just south of Little Tobago Island on a NW course before a single jibe SW towards Culebra across the Virgin Passage. Hurricane Oscar had churned up the Atlantic and forecast for the next evening was wind gusts into the high 20s and sees up to 8-9 feet swells at times so we wanted to be well ahead of this forecast. Slight glitch in plans but wanted to be as far west as possible to jump to Culebra the next day. John after clearing out of BVI but the registration forces us to White Bay on Jost instead where we had a passengers ferried via a private ferry service. November 1 – Initial plan to pick up four passengers arriving to STT in Cruz bay on St. We wondered if BVI registration had just not been renewed appropriately. I still question the validity of this as it seemed quite coincidental and effected our plans the next day. ![]() The base recommended we not clear out of the BVI until the second of November to allow the registration a day to process. We were on a Moorings 4800 catamaran which was well equipped but, as luck would apparently have it, had its BVI registration expiring the next day and had to be renewed. OCtober 31 – Arrive in Roadtown Tortola for sleep aboard and finish provisioning lists and dive gear. Thomas with the base at CYOA, but we had to do so from Tortola where my chart company is located. This trip would clearly be easier if you could charter a boat from Fajardo in Puerto Rico or from St. ![]() There seems to be a paucity of information for those interested in exploring the Spanish Virgin Islands compared to the British Virgin Islands so thought I would share a trip report for those that might be interested in future explorations of the Spanish Virgin Islands. ![]()
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