A couple of years ago I had my friend and his family down for a week. His kids were 4 and 6 at the time. We ended up spending…
Today I was asked a question I get all the time and that is “does it rain a lot and should I bring my rain gear?” The truth is that…
On my last charter of the season we spent one night at Waterlemon Cay, which is a fantastic spot and I take guest there all the time. This time we…
If you ever are looking for something to do in St Thomas, you should think about walking up to Paradise Point for an absolutely amazing view of the Charlotte Amalie…
A couple weeks ago several of my charter boat buddies got together for my birthday and to have an end of the season get together. The best part was that…
If you are ever in a bay in St John I suggest you check out the underside of the floating pay station, where you pay for the mooring each night. …
Before I sent it to some magazines to publish, I would like to share the walking map of historic Charlotte Amalie I wrote to my loyal readers. Enjoy! CHARLOTTE AMALIE…
I took my first charter on a hike to the petroglyphs on the south side of St John. I was so amazed at how much the waterfall was flowing. Usually…
Salt Pond Bay is on the south coast of St John and is a bay on the western side of the Rams Head peninsula. This is my favorite anchorage in…
Cruz Bay is the western bay and town on St John. It is important because it is the easiest place to check into the US. When you are entering…
After spending the day exploring the wonderful little town of Christiansted it was time to see the rest of St Croix, which is larger than St Thomas, St John, Tortola,…
As a charter boat captain in the Virgin Islands I am often asked which is my favorite island. As of this week I think I have a new answer…St Croix!…
I have done several festivals in the last four years of travel, but Carnival on St Thomas was the first to let me down. It last for about a week…
Sometimes in life we participate in an activity that is just asking to be a metaphor for life itself. This week I partook of one such metaphor when I went…
I know this is out of the normal for me to post twice in one week, but I wanted to make a trail map of Hassel Island, which I wrote,…
Hello everyone! I am Captain Shane’s brother, Vance. Since Shane’s charters are in the Virgin Islands I had the unique opportunity to visit St Maarten as I was asked to…
If you need to get around St Thomas you can always get a taxi, but I prefer the local bus. As a non local you will be approached by taxi…
This week I flew to Denver to help run the Relay For Life, which I will tell you about next week. What I want to tell you about this week…
In the middle of the south side of St John you will find Reef Bay, where two mooring balls have been placed for boaters. The balls are considered day use…
Ronnie & Monica’s daughter came into town and we took her to St John for several days. The beach at Cinnamon Bay was a hit as was Waterlemon Cay. Waterlemon…
I have been doing some buddy boating with Ronnie & Monica aboard Eos, who were dock mates of mine back in Kemah, TX. They arrived last week from Puerto Rico…
If I did not already know it then the island of St John let me know this week. You see Sunday I had a day charter with some returning guest…
The Annaberg Sugar Mill is the most famous site on the entire island of St John. It was a state of the art sugar production factory built at the very…
Hassel Island is owned by the NPS and use to be attached to St Thomas and forms the western side of the main harbor. As you can see in thefirst…
On Sunday I met a couple renting a condo on St Thomas for two weeks and wanted to have a day snorkeling sites they could not reach from the shore. …
Joel and I have been overwhelmed with the amount of wildlife here in the Virgin Islands. When we were in St John we walked from Francis Bay to the Annaberg…