Thom wrote:
Apollo71 wrote:
I've been doing a little research for a BVI catamaran charter in 2022, and most companies will require a sea test before you go off on your own. If they aren't comfortable with your sailing skills, they may require you to take a captain for some or all of the charter.
I wonder how much respect they have for Great Lakes sailing. I spent a long night doing an 80 mile crossing of Lake Michigan on a broad reach in 25 knot winds. I'm assuming that was more intense than anything I would encounter in the BVI but they might just view it as sailing around in a lake.
I'm hoping getting the certificate would just end any doubt, and is sounds like it might be fun on it's own anyway.
Honestly, the most complicated components of a self charter are getting out of the originating slip/marina, getting back in to your slip at end of trip, and anchoring at a crowded anchorage. The sailing is the easy part.