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We will be visiting in May and wanted to know if there were any companies that had sailboats available to stay on for the duration of our trip, approx. 1 week. It is our 5th annivers. and I wanted to surprise my husband. We do not know how to sail, but I thought there must be a way.
check out Moorings - www.moorings.com or Sunsail - www.sunsail.com
OR pocket yachts OR VIP Yachts. (www.vipyachts.com)
There are huge Moorings and Sunsail choices going out of Tortola - the other 2 have offices on St Thomas. Not sure about boats out of STJ.
Moorings offers monohulls as well as multi hull boats - all of the ones I have seen are gorgeous. I have friends who 'own' a Moorings 47ft Catamaran....wow.
It all depends on your budget and if you want a captain....as well as what size boat you want.
Happy hunting!
If you have no sailing experience you will need a captain/crew. In addition to the websites Manta has sent you, you can go to the top of the page and move your cursor over St Thomas and then go down to Yacht Vacations and click on it.
Also go to:
www.vicl.org
www.cyoacharters.com
oops - CYOA is the other one I forgot about.
LOTS of sailing vessels for rent down here....pretty to watch them sailing around =)
If you are looking for a crewed charter yacht, you may want to talk to a charter yacht broker who can match you up with the perfect boat and crew, someone like Ellen Stewart: http://www.stewartyachtcharters.com/
We chartered a bareboat with the Catamaran Company out of Nanny Cay (Tortola): http://www.catamarans.com/charter/ They are a smaller outfit than Moorings; their fleet consists of catamarans only. You can go with either a bareboat or crewed charter depending on your boating experience, preferences, etc. Our experience with them was excellent.
Ann Marie, you must get yourself a captain. No one in their right mind will rent a bareboat to someone who openly admits to not knowing how to sail, that would be like giving the car keys to a two year old. No offense, but sailing requires TONS of skill, its not like steering a power boat at all and you can easily smack up the boat and yourself in no time at all, its not a learn as you go, for that you get a sunfish and capsize it alot until you figure out how to work with the wind. Please find yourself a captain and crew, or plan daysails with some of the charter groups and see what its all about. The evening sunset sails are very romantic, although the winds tend to be very light to nonexistant and you may end up motoring around.
