MilfordHusky
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We'll hear more over time. Fingers crossed!
2018 Paradise Jam (Virgin Islands)
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I have a feeling, from the feedback I'm getting from my former hotel there, and reading here, that the destruction on St. Thomas is much worse than we may be imagining. Maybe us Boneyarders should hire a cruise ship to park offshore - kinda like the USA Basketball ship for the Rio Olympics.
Actually there are live-aboard dive boats for hire for smaller parties if we can't get together the necessary 3,700 Boneyarders to fill up the Carnival Breeze. Dive all day/watch basketball at night. These boats run about $3,000/week per person, double occupancy (add 65% for private room). Includes diving and air, food, beer & wine, airport transfers. | Official Site | Liveaboard Scuba Dive Yachts Trips - Aggressor Flee
MilfordHusky
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That's generous of you to offer that!
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Ok people I have been trying for the past couple of days to upload a video of my island to show its recovery but have been unsuccessful. If someone can give me their email so I can forward it to them and they can share it that would be nice. My email is dynastic12003@gmail.com.
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It can be guaranteed. They have two separate divisions, and no overlap.
One division is the Reef Division and one is the Island Division. There used to be a third, St. Croix division, but no more.
The format has varied over the years, but seems to have settled down to a round robin format for each division.
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Phil
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Games are afternoon and evenings, but a virtual certainty that UConn will be in the evening.
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Is that so Geno can play golf during the day?
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My wife and I were on a cruise that stopped in St Thomas a few weeks ago.
My interest was in doing an informal survey of the hurricane damage.
For St Thomas, at least, there is significant progress being made; not a great many sailboats had been sunk or destroyed; roads were clear or being cleared, a cruise ship had been hired to provide accommodations for the nearly 1000 linemen, stringing electric line. 90% of the island is back on the grid. The horrible brown color of the countryside had been restored (by nature) to it's more suitable green.
That's the positives...The negatives are a large number of damaged homes, blue roof tarps, very common; the huge cost (double or triple main-land prices) for restoring a roof; the destruction of tourist infrastructure and its debilitating effect on the economy. See Washington Post story from a few days ago: As tourism returns, hurricane recovery in the Virgin Islands is leaving some residents behind.
My impression is that St Johns was hit harder yet; don't know anything of St. Croix, and the BVI's worst of all. I've seen pictures of dozens, perhaps hundreds of wrecked boats in and around Tortola, where much of the Caribbean charter fleets reside.
St. Thomas, indeed all the Islands, are trying to put an optimistic face on and say its business as usual, but its not...By next fall there will certainly be enough hotels and restaurants available so that the Island will be presentable but under the surface, the problems as described in the Post article will have not gone way.
Hurricanes, can hit one area harder than one 15 or 20miles away; a favorite sailing destination of mine; the Bitter End Yacht Club, a mega resort (mostly for the rich)
was almost completely destroyed; dozens of local employees without work, a very tough scene.
VIDEO: Irma rakes Bitter End Yacht Club >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Attending the series; bring back the tourist dollars will help, but be forewarned.
It's not quite the same.
My interest was in doing an informal survey of the hurricane damage.
For St Thomas, at least, there is significant progress being made; not a great many sailboats had been sunk or destroyed; roads were clear or being cleared, a cruise ship had been hired to provide accommodations for the nearly 1000 linemen, stringing electric line. 90% of the island is back on the grid. The horrible brown color of the countryside had been restored (by nature) to it's more suitable green.
That's the positives...The negatives are a large number of damaged homes, blue roof tarps, very common; the huge cost (double or triple main-land prices) for restoring a roof; the destruction of tourist infrastructure and its debilitating effect on the economy. See Washington Post story from a few days ago: As tourism returns, hurricane recovery in the Virgin Islands is leaving some residents behind.
My impression is that St Johns was hit harder yet; don't know anything of St. Croix, and the BVI's worst of all. I've seen pictures of dozens, perhaps hundreds of wrecked boats in and around Tortola, where much of the Caribbean charter fleets reside.
St. Thomas, indeed all the Islands, are trying to put an optimistic face on and say its business as usual, but its not...By next fall there will certainly be enough hotels and restaurants available so that the Island will be presentable but under the surface, the problems as described in the Post article will have not gone way.
Hurricanes, can hit one area harder than one 15 or 20miles away; a favorite sailing destination of mine; the Bitter End Yacht Club, a mega resort (mostly for the rich)
was almost completely destroyed; dozens of local employees without work, a very tough scene.
VIDEO: Irma rakes Bitter End Yacht Club >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Attending the series; bring back the tourist dollars will help, but be forewarned.
It's not quite the same.
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I have a couple of Army surplus tents you can borrow..........only a couple of holes in each...........
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you need to give us better info on your page, you can copy and paste the link right into this box
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Sorry but I have tried everything. I am still new to the boneyard and not too computer savvy. And most times when I click upload a file it says "error".
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Wish I could be there.
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This isn't the "official" instructions, but it works: Just play the YouTube video. Then, while it's playing, copy the URL at the top of your screen and paste it right into the body of your Boneyard post. You may need to be on an actual PC or Mac, as some mobile devices (mine, anyway) don't display the YouTube URL.
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You are right. My mobile device doesn't display the YouTube URL either.
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