Hands on Sailing Tour in Rodney Bay St Lucia
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Location: St Lucia, Saint Lucia
Duration: 3 hours
Product code: 6890SAIL
Very nice trip, really! Vic and her staff did great job and it was nice to be sailing after a while. Only minus was that we were asked to pay extra after the sailing although we had booked the trip via TripAdvisor (Viator) and paid all the sum we were asked to. So we could not pay less than was asked. If the price is wrong in brokers ad the triporganizer should be dealing with broker and not make the client pay extra this way.
Great day off the cruise ship in St Lucia. $25 cab ride gets you to Rodney Bay which is only a couple miles away but takes half and hour. Met Vicky at Cafe Ole and off we went. She had been in excellent contact to coordinate with us via WhatsApp. The cruise line threw us some Covid blocks initially but it wall worked out. Vicky and Kurtney were excellent hosts, sailors and just great people. I can't say enough good things about this trip. It was our best day in the Caribbean. I'm a novice sailor and Vicky was also kind enough to help me out with some pointers and some test questions. I flunked the BOWLINE KNOT tying even though I knew how to do it. Just too much pressure. :) Kurtney tried to help too. This is a great day trip. If you are considering, just do it. I think it lasted about 3 hours and then we had a nice lunch off the dock at the Cafe Ole. Enjoy!
Absolutely fantastic, never done it before and we loved it. We were made very welcome and were taught the ropes. After a good practice we were off tacking and jibeing under the guidance of the crew. Highly recommend doing this and what great value for money. Make sure you do this !!
Vicky was an outstanding skipper who knows the oceanic terrain like the back of her hand and guided us to assist her when we wanted to. On the other hand, when we wanted to chill-ax, she and her assistant, Curvin, took over very competently. Her boat - a beautiful 40 ft racing boat - was very comfortable and small enough to get close to the water. We stopped at a pretty lunch spot and were able to snorkel and swim at our leisure. It was a spectacular day and we cannot recommend Vicky enough. She is a great find if you can get her! (Also an outstanding sailing instructor if you want that...)
I've gone sailing numerous times in some great locations in in the world. This sailing trip was one of the finest! My wife and I happened to be the only guests and so obviously it was an intimate and low key affair which is just what the pandemic doctor ordered! Captain Vicki is extremely upbeat, and gracious, and knowledgeable . She and her crew mate are clearly very experienced sailors. What you do on the sailboat is your choice. You can help out with the navigation as much or as little as you'd like- or not at all. We did some rope pulling hoisting the sails with clear/kind directions as the captain is also a phenomenal teacher as well! To be clear; this is not the cheapest way to get out on the water but it's also very "chill" and nothing like a party boat or a catamaran venture. This boat hauls ass! We brought our own lunch & beverages as well (FYI: There's really good food options at the marina if you want to grab n go to the boat). Other than that the day was full of f