St. John is our Caribbean paradise for the 10th week of the year.
During this week our family sailing cruise will concentrate on St. John, USVI which is an ideal location for a vacation adventure. St. John is almost one big National Park. Cruz Bay and Coral Harbour are the only two inhabited centers and the rest is Park. The National Park keeps the island in its natural state. So if you are nature orientated this is the spot for you. We will meet you at the Cruz Bay ferry dock Sunday afternoon. Find someone to hail us on channel 9 and we will come and pick you up. Use either the Redhook ferry or the Charlotte Amalie ferry from St. Thomas. There is a link to the ferry schedule below. We will meet you at the ferry dock near 18.331265,-64.79557333 . At the end of the week we will deliver you to the Redhook Bay, St. Thomas dock on Sunday morning and hail you a taxi to the airport.
Week 10, Sunday Arrival Dates: Mar 7, 2010 Mar 6, 2011 Mar 4,2012 Mar 10, 2013 Mar 9, 2014
Previous week's location: Tortola Next week's location: St. Thomas
Number of weeks stay at this location: 1 Other time this year?: None
Weather: Ave. Daily High, 85 F, 82% Humidity Ave. Nightly Low, 74 F, 62% Humidity Ave. Water Temp, 81 F Wind, 11 KTs E
Main City: Cruz Bay Other Cities: Coral Harbour, Contant, Fish Bay, Calabash Boom Points of
interest: Annaberg Sugar Plantation, Virgin Islands National Park, Trunk Bay, Cinnamon Bay
Recreation: Beautiful beaches, many reefs with good
snorkeling and diving and hiking
Language: English
Map Link: US Virgin Islands Map
Info Link: St. John General Info St. John Tourism Info Ferry Schedule
Nearest Int'l Airport: San Juan, Puerto Rico Code: SJU Name: Luis Munoz Int'l
Local Airport: Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas Code: STT Name: Cyril E. King
Restrictions: Most water toys are not allowed to be used in the national parks in USVI. Cruz Bay and Coral Harbour are outside the park.
Itinerary & Passage Plan:
Sunday:
We will meet you at the ferry dock at Cruz Bay in St. John, on Sunday afternoon and spend the night there. You can fly to St. Thomas direct from the USA or from Jan Juan or St. Maarten or other islands like Tortola and St. Croix. Then you will need a taxi from the Airport to the Charlotte Amalie ferry dock it is in the same town close by. Or take a taxi to Red Hook and get the ferry there. The taxi is longer to Red Hook but the ferry ride is shorter and runs every hour. The ferry from Charlotte Amalie is longer
and runs 4 or 5 times a day. See the ferry schedule link above. Ask the ferry captain if he will hail the "Family Affair" on channel 9 and let us know of your arrival. If not, leave your attended luggage on the shore end of the dock and send someone to find a taxi or a nearby business that has VHF Marine radio to hail us. We will pick you up at the Cruz Bay ferry dock.
Monday:
On Monday we will stay in our anchorage and get acquainted with the recreational opportunities and the local activities. We also have easy access with the Run-About to Caneel Bay, Hawknets bay, and Trunk Bay in the North and Great Cruz and Chocolate Bays in the south from our anchorage.
Tuesday:
We will move anchorage to Lameshur Bay, leaving about 10:00 AM. We will take about 2 hours. From here we have access to Reef bay, Fish Bay, and Salt Pond Bay as well by Run-About.
Wednesday:
We will stay at Lameshur Bay.
Thursday:
We will move anchorage to Coral Harbour. It will take less than 2 hours, leaving about 10:00 AM.
Friday:
We will stay at Coral Harbour where we have easy access to Hurricane Hole and Round Bay.
Saturday:
About 10:00 AM we will depart for the Redhook Bay in St. Thomas. This passage is a little less than three hours.
Sunday:
We will deliver you to the dock in Redhook Bay, St. Thomas at your convenience before noon. You will need a taxi from Redhook to the airport we will hail one. St. Thomas has good airline connections to other Islands with International flights to San Juan as well. In addition there are some direct flights to the USA.
Cruz Bay Trunk Bay Caneel Bay Coral Bay
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