St. Croix is our Caribbean paradise for the 13th week of the year.
During this week our family sailing cruise will concentrate on St. Croix, USVI which is an ideal location for a vacation adventure. St. Croix is the largest of the Virgin Islands and it is surrounded by the largest island barrier reef system and has extensive shore activities, water sports and good airline connections directly to the USA. Diving and snorkeling are excellent here but we will keep only one anchorage here in Christiansted. We will pick you up at Christiansted dock Sunday afternoon near 17.74818333,-64.70542167 at the dingy dock at St. Croix Marina, dock "C". You will need a taxi from the airport to the dock. Have the taxi hail the "Family Affair" on channel 9 and we will come to the dock and pick you up. We will use the Run-About to visit all the local spots from here and end the week making one of our longest overnight passages to Anguilla. We will deliver you to the Road Bay, Anguilla dock there before noon on Sunday. We will hail you a taxi to the Anguilla airport or to the ferry for St. Martin.
Week 13, Sunday Arrival Dates: Mar 28, 2010 Mar 27, 2011 Mar 25, 2012 Mar 31, 2013 Mar 30, 2014
Previous week's location: St. Thomas Next week's location: Anguilla
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, 6 KTs ENE
Main City: Christainsted Other Cities: Frederiksted, Sandy Point, Krauses Lagoon Harbor Points
of interest: Green Cay Marina, Buck Island National Park, Salt River Bay and National Park, Divi Casino
Recreation: Many reefs with good
snorkeling and diving, many restaurants, lots of shore activities.
Language: English (some Danish)
Map Link: US Virgin Islands Map
Info Link: St. Criox General Info St.Croix Info
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
Local Airport: Christiansted, St. Croix Code: STX Name: Alexander Hamilton
Restrictions: Some water toys are not allowed to be used in the national parks in USVI.
Itinerary & Passage Plan:
Sunday:
We will meet you at the St. Croix Marina dock "C" at Christiansted, St. Croix on Sunday afternoon and spend the night there. You can fly to St. Croix direct from the USA or from San Juan or St. Maarten or other islands like Tortola and St. Thomas. Then you will need a taxi from the Airport to Christiansted dock. Ask the taxi to hail the "Family Affair" on channel 9 VHF Marine radio. Then we will come and pick you up at the marina 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 Salt River Bay, Green Cay Marina, Buck Island National Park.
Tuesday:
On Tuesday we will stay in our anchorage because we have good access to recreational opportunities and the local activities. We also have easy access with the Run-About to Salt River Bay, Green Cay Marina, Buck Island National Park or Frederiksted.
Wednesday:
On Wednesday we will stay in our anchorage because we have good access to recreational opportunities and the local activities. We also have easy access with the Run-About to Salt River Bay, Green Cay Marina, Buck Island National Park or Frederiksted.
Thursday:
On Thursday we will stay in our anchorage because we have good access to recreational opportunities and the local activities. At about 5 PM we will weigh anchor for Dog Island near Anguilla. This is a 17 hour sail in open water and we will be underway all night and well into Friday. Sailors will love it. Some others may not? So there are flights from St. Croix to Anguilla if shopping sounds more fun! Just meet us at Road Bay, Anguilla in the late afternoon of Saturday. Hail the "Family Affair" on
channel 9 and we will come and pick you up at the dock. You will have to find accommodations for Thursday and Friday nights.
Friday:
We will make Dog Island about noon on Friday. Unless the anchorage here is rolly, we will spend the night here and then it will be an easy sail tomorrow for Road Bay. If it seems rolly here, we will proceed directly to Road Bay.
Saturday:
We will move anchorage to Road Bay, Anguilla leaving about 11:00 AM. This is a 2 hour sail. We will check-in Immigration and Customs here.
Sunday:
We will deliver you to the dock at Road Bay at your convenience before noon. You will need a taxi from Road Bay to the airport or to the ferry for St. Martin. Anguilla has good airline connections to other Islands with International flights to San Juan and St. Martin as well.
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