55J5-5 Posted January 30, 2014 #1 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Family will be cruising to St thomas in Feb. Anyone know of a cat or sail boat that goes to St john? Trunk bay is where we would like to snorkel. I know we can do this via land but looking to travel on a cat or boat of some sort. Tried searching the threads and could not find any info. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willise Posted January 30, 2014 #2 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) I plan on using this tour group for our 2015 trip. They seem to have good reviews. http://www.yachtadventures.biz/ EDIT: Sorry I thought you were looking for St. Thomas snorkelling trips Edited January 30, 2014 by willise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Hampshire Posted January 30, 2014 #3 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Time is a factor here. Most sailboats and catamarans will sail from the east end of the island, most likely Sapphire Beach Marina or the Yacht Club at Red Hook. It will take you at least 1/2 hour to get there once leaving the ship. To make the mist if your time, a ship excursion is probably your best bet. We seldom do ship excursions, but St. Thomas is one port where the distance to private boat tours should be considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O2B@Cagain Posted January 30, 2014 #4 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Time is a factor here. Most sailboats and catamarans will sail from the east end of the island, most likely Sapphire Beach Marina or the Yacht Club at Red Hook. American Yacht Harbor in Red Hook. No excursions from the Yacht Club.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sippican Posted January 31, 2014 #5 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Time is a factor here. Most sailboats and catamarans will sail from the east end of the island, most likely Sapphire Beach Marina or the Yacht Club at Red Hook. It will take you at least 1/2 hour to get there once leaving the ship. To make the mist if your time, a ship excursion is probably your best bet. We seldom do ship excursions, but St. Thomas is one port where the distance to private boat tours should be considered. This is exactly why we chose to book the ship's excursion - which is basically just the ferry right from the dock to St John. We did a sail from Red Hook last year, between the taxi fare and traffic, I'd much rather make the trip over right from where we dock. We too never do ship's excursions, but we will be on our own on St John for over four hours and the cost seems fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springfire Posted January 31, 2014 #6 Share Posted January 31, 2014 This is exactly why we chose to book the ship's excursion - which is basically just the ferry right from the dock to St John. We did a sail from Red Hook last year, between the taxi fare and traffic, I'd much rather make the trip over right from where we dock. We too never do ship's excursions, but we will be on our own on St John for over four hours and the cost seems fair. We had the same thought process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine643 Posted February 2, 2014 #7 Share Posted February 2, 2014 We just did the Scubadu and were on the Adventure of the Seas. Driver picked us up at the pier at 0815 and we were at Red Hook and on the Catamaran by 0845. Joe will tailor the tour to your schedule. We were back at the pier by 3:30 PM. Our group of 12 had a wonderful day with a cooked meal and all the drinks were included. He does have a minimum fee so keep that in mind but you won't be on a ship sponsored tour packed in like sardines. We avoid the ship sponsored tours if at all possible and have always had great success booking privately. Another option would be a Sailboat named the Rumbaba. Can't go wrong with Captain Chad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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