Crewed Charter Special

I don’t normally write reviews but this trip was one worth noting. Our family had the opportunity to sail with The Moorings and Captain Laura Bello this past week. From our first introduction she was the ultimate professional. Helping us with our gear, introducing us to the boat and what we needed to know, and more than willing to let us learn from her experience. We discussed our intended travel route and she let us know which locations were better than others. Captain Laura allowed us to be as lazy or involved as we wanted to be. She even gave us the ability to sleep in as she woke early to secure our mooring balls for the day (they fill up fast). She had the best advice and told some great stories covering her time on the water. We took her out for dinner on our last night as we felt like family. I truly believe she spearheaded our once in a lifetime experience.

We had a great trip to BVI’s with captain Francesco and Chef Nika.
Beautiful islands with great friends and great food. F and N were very knowledgeable and shared tons of information about each island we visited. They certainly made it a memorable week.

Sailed with Skipper Laura over New Years. It was an amazing trip. She was extremely competent and had great suggestions for the Itinerary as we went along the trip. We had a great time and I definitely recommend sailing with Moorings and with Skipper Laura.

We hired a captain for part of our 8 day sail in the BVI’s with Sunsail. Gilson was awesome! He was a great teacher and communicated everything to our crew on all boating essentials, safety, operation of the boat, galley/water, control panel, etc. he was very thorough and when sailing explained why we were making a maneuver and what the outcome would be. He is very experienced, friendly and easy to have on board. It was great having him on board and would highly recommend him for anyone considering a charter in the BVI’s with either Moorings or Sunsail. We’ll definitely call on him in the future.

We recently returned from a week aboard Seas The Day with Andy and Linzi. Our trip exceeded our expectations (save for the lack of wind – mother nature did not get the message)! Andy and Linzi are an amazing team. They keep a “ship shape” clean boat, serve fresh and beautifully prepared food, provided a great itinerary, and know how to joke around …. all with the utmost safety. They have a great relationship with many of the locals and made sure we explored places others may miss. In addition, they understood the best timing to explore places to avoid crowds. Linzi even went above and beyond, baking a cake for our birthday “boy”. We 100% recommend Andy and Linzi!
Carolyn and Ed