dogs gotta run! If I had to keep my dog on a leash all the time, she would get fat and slovenly like me! Of course, there are other places to run besi...
Thanks Juanita - someone else also mentioned that guy. The shop says Quality somethingorother... I have been there a couple of times but never caught ...
OK, thanks - I checked with those. Guess there is not too much machine work done locally. I will have to look farther afield.
When I lived in Florida many years ago, I swore an oath to a gang of crackers I fell in with, that we would bad-mouth Florida living at every opportun...
I have 20 years experience as a chemical engineer in the environmental business, and I applied for positions there which they advertised via internet ...
MCM center at Antilles School has a workout center with treadmills, weights, and various classes. There is also a basketball court, and I am not sure ...
In STT around Charlotte Amalie, there are a few places to tie up (from east to west): Yacht Haven Grande has a dinghy dock at the west end of the...
You have already found the cheapest rates, I am sorry to say. We, and many other boats, live at moorings though there are some who live aboard in mari...
Take the subway! 😉
How long does it take to get from the Northside of STT to say ... Charlotte Amalie? Depends on whether you take the scenic route or go through th...
Well, I am sorry to hear people "hearing bad things" about Antilles. I teach there, and it seems like a good school to me. Dare I ask - "What bad thin...
A friend of mine was working in Grand Cayman a few years ago when Hurricane Ivan passed. He said waves passed right across Grand Cayman. At least in S...
When I arrived here, people assured me that motorcycles are permitted to ride down the centerline. I was amazed, and checked it out in the VI Drivers ...
1-How long you've been on island and which island you're on: STT - almost a year, yet not more than a few hours!? (answer to this riddle below) 2-W...
We asked around about places to tie up and someone in the anchorage mentioned that they tie up there some times. We put in a pair of screw-eyes into t...
speaking of places to tie up, we find the Krum Bay dock quite acceptable across from the WAPA power plant and a little way west of Crown Bay. The fish...
I second that Juanita. We arrived in STT from 7 years of cruising in the western Caribbean with our 8' hard dinghy and 2 hp Yamaha (which I sometimes ...
contact sharris (shannon) @antilles.vi who is director of admissions for tuition info, etc.
OK, good info - my earlier post was definitely STT-specific! cost of a mooring: I installed three galvanized 4' sand screws with about 10" augers...
Lowdown on Moorings: I arrived by sailboat in March 2007, and was visited by a DPNR boat about two weeks later. I was anchored at Elephant Bay and bec...
Although I do not think regulations require it, the lady at the DMV office wanted my bill of sale notarized (in July 2007). I had to go back to the no...
Visit the botanical garden (not too far from the distillery). It costs a few bucks and takes an hour or two to walk around. It is a great way to get f...
The web site for Antilles School is(I teach there).
right, a 43 foot sailboat (monohull) - a fairly typical power system I think, for such a boat. Though some prefer the reliability of a generator despi...
For what its worth, I live on a boat in STT and don't pay any WAPA bill - just live on solar and wind power. My wife and I have 360 watts of PV solar ...