V.I. Sailing School was the first to begin classes again from their base in Red Hook, St. Thomas USVI for the 2017/2018 season both as an ASA Certified School and Charter company.
For whose who follow our blog, you know that we sailed out of harms way and came back at the end of October. (If you haven’t read up on our adventures, just scroll down). We’ve already had three classes and we are solid and functionally for the new season. But people are slow to return, not sure of what they will find.
Now that we have been up and running for the month of November, we can report the following:
Getting around and having adequate power are still problems for those dwelling on land. But the beaches, the ocean and even all the foliage is looking better than ever. If you want to be loved to death by people seeing boaters (and their livelihood) returning, if you want to get a mooring ball at the most popular resorts like Foxy’s or Pirates Bight at Norman Island (both now open) at 4pm… you can. If you want to anchor in the most beautiful bays and have them all to yourself. You can.
So in addition to people even being MORE welcoming, the crowds being non-existent, we are adding our own incentive:
Low Season Rates over All the Holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.(that’s 15% off). So while the cold of winter has started to bite, there has never been a better time to come down and advance your sailing know-how (or just get out of the cold for some tropical fun) during High Season. You can do so at low season cost, without high season crowds.
Cheers,
Capt Scott