day sail in St. Thomas with late arrival?

[wintermom]

We are on the FOS eastern for Spring Break this year.

 

Last time we did a day sail to St. John and had a great time

but it looks like we don't dock in St. Thomas until 11:00 am

and all the charter trips I look at leave in the morning.

Does anyone know if any of the day sail trips can accomodate

a later sailing time. I realize I could charter a sailboat but there

is just my DD and me so I was hoping to find something in the

$140.00 pp range

 

11:00 am seems like a late time to dock !

[mrsmoku]

You can check with Morningstar Charters. We arrived in St. Thomas early (9am) but they seem to base their schedule off of the cruise ships' schedule. We sailed to St.John's Honeymoon Bay and swam and ate before heading back. It was the absolute highlight of our cruise and we had the best time!

 

We prepaid and it was $130/pp - may be less if you're going out for less time though.

 

(I wrote a review and went into detail about the excursion if you are interested. The link is in my signature)

 

You may have to do a Royal excursion if all the charters are leaving earlier. I hope you have fun either way! And yes, I agree, 11 am is late! What time do you have to be back at the ship at?

Edited February 6, 2013 by mrsmoku

[PlaneTrainCruise88]

I am on FOS next week with same itinerary. We booked a charter thru this website.

 

http://www.rumbabacharters.com/

 

They accomadated our schedule b/c they only take 5-6 people max and both parties are on FOS that day. Not sure if they are available but worth a shot.

[blue_water]

Yes, contact all daysail operators listed on vinow dot com as you may find one that needs more ppl to go out with others from your cruise. But first go to your roll call and see if you can find others interested.

[johneeo]

We are on the FOS eastern for Spring Break this year.

 

Last time we did a day sail to St. John and had a great time

but it looks like we don't dock in St. Thomas until 11:00 am

and all the charter trips I look at leave in the morning.

Does anyone know if any of the day sail trips can accomodate

a later sailing time. I realize I could charter a sailboat but there

is just my DD and me so I was hoping to find something in the

$140.00 pp range

 

11:00 am seems like a late time to dock !

 

Check out the Fury.

 

Last time we were in St. Thomas, we did this. They had two sailings, one in the morning and one in the afternoon (I believe noon).

 

They leave right from Havensight, and the price was about half the cruise ship excursions, went to Buck Island, snorkeled with the turtles.

 

Great trip.

[Statesideguy1]

Please be sure to check Morningstar charters, they have two boats and can accommodate up to 12 people and sail along next to each other. Nothing cooler than seeing over 100 years of sailing history under full sail 3 feet apart at 7 knots. They literally handed rum and juice back and forth from one boat to the other under full sail! AMAZING

[ckzimmy]

what week are you going? we are a family of 3 on the FOS the week of March 23 & are looking for the same type of excursion, but would rather not pay the full amount for a private charter.

[marshalltp]

Agree with Johnneo.....Fury Charters offer Half day sails in the afternoon leaving from the Fat Turtle at Havensight at about 1230......Mike and Nikki are great!