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This island has given me the opportunity to observe the vibe, the view and the pace I want for my bar I also learned what I don’t want and had no idea until I visited. They have absolutely no fresh water source. All drinking water is shipped in, or they have “basements” that collect rainContinue reading “Research of one island complete”

I belong to a yacht crew Facebook group. A gal I met in Ft Lauderdale is organizing a video shoot on 3 yachts in St Thomas. she invited me to be a “charter guest” for the shoot. She said the owner of these yachts has great connections and could possibly help direct me in myContinue reading “Commercial? Actress? Who me?”

If you aren’t looking for 5 star accommodations but a clean friendly place to hang out. I found the place. Island View Guest house. Owners Ron and Beth. My first day here, I was having issues getting a taxi. Ron asked where I needed to go. He took me there. When I returned he said.Continue reading “What gracious people”

This time I changed plans last minute. I had way too much to do and was running so behind that I had to cancel my little going away party.

A previous guest joined us for an outing to lunch and a night at anchor. Love her, she is young and very strong willed. When I sat down to relax with a glass of wine, she came up stairs to chat. She and my boss had a long talk while they ate lunch. She hasContinue reading “My last night at anchor on GiGi”

The dock guys all know I’m leaving and they all come back each day with new information. One guy gave me a magazine that lists all the marinas and names of the dock guys that work there. He also told me I MUST stay at the Island View guest house. Ironically, that is where I’mContinue reading “When one door closes 5 more open”

I have no hard feelings so it was easy for me to be my normal smiling self. However when he tried to say that our downfall was that he befriended me and allowed me to stay in the guest quarters while no one was onboard, I had to speak up.

I just spent 6 hours washing Gigi for the last time. I’m sure alotta people would do a half/assed job knowing it really doesn’t matter. But I want the next person to come aboard, and say wow! This boat is pristine. I printed out my maintenance log so they could see everything that needs toContinue reading “My Last Week With Gigi”

So the island I wanted to visit…JVD is in the BVI’s. Their Covid protocol requires negative test, purchase Covid insurance and mandatory 4 day quarantine at their facility. So I will be in St Thomas USVI hoping Covid restrictions ease up and I can get to JVD