Have you ever ended a vacation and said, “That was the most unforgettable experience of my life!” Charter yacht vacations in the Caribbean will have you saying that every time.  I have written about sailing in the Caribbean many times in the past five years.  And, again, if you want the best vacation adventure of your life it will be a chartered yacht vacation!  I have sailed in the Caribbean since 1975.  My ear ring is from sailing off the equator in 1997.  I know the Caribbean, and sailing is the way to experience it – promise!  The expected activities during any voyage includes; SCUBA, snorkeling, water skiing, wake boarding, kayaking, daily gourmet moments, great beverages because thirst is a dangerous thing, reading, napping, sunning with various degrees of clothing, and even the occasional squals.  Because of those years of sailing I have met some of the most remarkable people I know – Dougy the head of cabbies at Beef Island Airport; Foxy the owner of Foxy’s on Jost Van Dyke;  Mick the bartender at Soggy Dollar Bar; Liz the owner of Duffy’s Love Shack; a Danish couple who had been sailing for over five years with two of their three kids being born on their boat;  Baby Bull Rhymer who ripped me off at Cane Garden Bay; Captain Whitey of the catamaran True North who saved my dingy from thieves;  Ustis from Dominica who now owns a SCUBA diving center in Dominica after working in the BVI for 15 years.  Quito Rhymers, the famous Caribbean “Jimmy Buffet”; Erik Ackerson at Virgin Island Charter League; and hundreds more!!! And…whenever and wherever I am sailing in the Caribbean it is always unforgettable! Read the rest of this entry »