Reviews

Name: Terry Stanfill
Yacht: VENTANA with Richard Darling & Christina Astuto
Charter Dates: 01/23/2021 to 01/30/2021
Broker: Carolyn Sweet
Area Cruised: St. Thomas - USVI
Overall Rating: 5
5 being the highest 0 being the lowest
We hope your charter lived up to your expectations. We would love to know some of your impressions about your yachting vacation. Please answer the following questions and add any comments you may have.

1. Was the crew friendly and accommodating?
Absolutely Wonderful!!!

2. Was the yacht comfortable and clean?
Awesome and above expectations

3. Was the yacht well ventilated?
Yes

4. Was the food good and well presented?
Over the top and amazing food quality and presenation

5. Did you like the area you sailed?
Yes

6. Could we at Virgin Island Sailing, Ltd. have helped you further in any way?
In the midst of Covid Chaos, you did a great job.

7. May we post this review on our website?
Yes

8. Additional comments on your charter?
Would definitely sail with Richard and/or Chirstina

Name: Terry Stanfill
Yacht: VENTANA with Richard Darling & Christina Astuto
Charter Dates: 01/23/2021 to 01/30/2021
Broker: Carolyn Sweet
Area Cruised: St. Thomas - USVI
Overall Rating: 5
5 being the highest 0 being the lowest
We hope your charter lived up to your expectations. We would love to know some of your impressions about your yachting vacation. Please answer the following questions and add any comments you may have.

1. Was the crew friendly and accommodating?
Absolutely Wonderful!!!

2. Was the yacht comfortable and clean?
Awesome and above expectations

3. Was the yacht well ventilated?
Yes

4. Was the food good and well presented?
Over the top and amazing food quality and presenation

5. Did you like the area you sailed?
Yes

6. Could we at Virgin Island Sailing, Ltd. have helped you further in any way?
In the midst of Covid Chaos, you did a great job.

7. May we post this review on our website?
Yes

8. Additional comments on your charter?
Would definitely sail with Richard and/or Chirstina

Name: Terry Stanfill
Yacht: VENTANA with Richard Darling & Christina Astuto
Charter Dates: 01/23/2021 to 01/30/2021
Broker: Carolyn Sweet
Area Cruised: St. Thomas - USVI
Overall Rating: 5
5 being the highest 0 being the lowest
We hope your charter lived up to your expectations. We would love to know some of your impressions about your yachting vacation. Please answer the following questions and add any comments you may have.

1. Was the crew friendly and accommodating?
Absolutely Wonderful!!!

2. Was the yacht comfortable and clean?
Awesome and above expectations

3. Was the yacht well ventilated?
Yes

4. Was the food good and well presented?
Over the top and amazing food quality and presenation

5. Did you like the area you sailed?
Yes

6. Could we at Virgin Island Sailing, Ltd. have helped you further in any way?
In the midst of Covid Chaos, you did a great job.

7. May we post this review on our website?
Yes

8. Additional comments on your charter?
Would definitely sail with Richard and/or Chirstina

Name: Terry Stanfill
Yacht: VENTANA with Richard Darling & Christina Astuto
Charter Dates: 01/23/2021 to 01/30/2021
Broker: Carolyn Sweet
Area Cruised: St. Thomas - USVI
Overall Rating: 5
5 being the highest 0 being the lowest
We hope your charter lived up to your expectations. We would love to know some of your impressions about your yachting vacation. Please answer the following questions and add any comments you may have.

1. Was the crew friendly and accommodating?
Absolutely Wonderful!!!

2. Was the yacht comfortable and clean?
Awesome and above expectations

3. Was the yacht well ventilated?
Yes

4. Was the food good and well presented?
Over the top and amazing food quality and presenation

5. Did you like the area you sailed?
Yes

6. Could we at Virgin Island Sailing, Ltd. have helped you further in any way?
In the midst of Covid Chaos, you did a great job.

7. May we post this review on our website?
Yes

8. Additional comments on your charter?
Would definitely sail with Richard and/or Chirstina

Name: Matt Easton
Yacht: Lagoon 400 with CYOA Yacht Charters - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
Charter Dates: 01/30/2021 to 02/06/2021
Broker: Joann Higgins
Area Cruised: Virgin Islands
Overall Rating: 5
5 being the highest 0 being the lowest
We hope your charter lived up to your expectations and we are eager to have your evaluation and impressions of your yachting vacation. Please answer the following questions and add any comments you may have.

1. Were the staff at CYOA friendly and accommodating?
yes

2. Was the yacht clean and in good working condition?
yes

3. Was the yacht's cooking and cleaning equipment sufficient?
yes

4. Was the boat well ventilated?
yes

5. Did the staff at CYOA do a good job familiarizing you with the yacht and its equipment?
Our check out captain did all this. There were some things that were missed that maybe the actual staff could have done better.

6. Did you like the area you cruised?
We loved it.

7. Could we at Virgin Island Sailing, Ltd. have helped you further in any way?
no

8. May we post this review on our website?
Yes

9. Additional comments on your charter?
We thank you VI Sailing for everything they did tp finally get our trip to happen after three different attempts for over a year. We had a great trip and really enjoyed our time there.

Name: Gregg and Paula Heacock
Yacht: AZULIA II with Daniel and Hazel Brown
Charter Dates: 01/30/2021 to 02/07/2021
Broker: Ellen Stewart
Area Cruised: Virgin Islands
Overall Rating: 5
5 being the highest 0 being the lowest
We hope your charter lived up to your expectations. We would love to know some of your impressions about your yachting vacation. Please answer the following questions and add any comments you may have.

1. Was the crew friendly and accommodating?
Dan is divorced. The chef/ 1st mate was Sarah Rowland. Both were wonderful. Friendly, professional and a lot of fun.

2. Was the yacht comfortable and clean?
Absolutely

3. Was the yacht well ventilated?
Yes

4. Was the food good and well presented?
Sarah made amazing gourmet meals twice per day. Her specialty cocktails were also fantastic.

5. Did you like the area you sailed?
Gorgeous

6. Could we at Virgin Island Sailing, Ltd. have helped you further in any way?

7. May we post this review on our website?
Yes

8. Additional comments on your charter?
what a great week. We were all tested negative for Covid-19 and were able to pretend there wasn't a pandemic going on as we spent the week isolated with our family, Dan and Sarah. This is a great vacation to take during the pandemic.

Name: Matt Finkes
Yacht: KAI with Justin Smith
Charter Dates: 01/05/2021 to 01/12/2021
Broker: Emily Mack
Area Cruised: Virgin Islands
Overall Rating: 5
5 being the highest 0 being the lowest
We hope your charter lived up to your expectations. We would love to know some of your impressions about your yachting vacation. Please answer the following questions and add any comments you may have.

1. Was the crew friendly and accommodating?
They were awesome! Great experience!

2. Was the yacht comfortable and clean?
Yes, it was clean and well maintained. We loved the deck space and the old world charm of the boat.

3. Was the yacht well ventilated?
We slept with our hatches open every night, worked great!

4. Was the food good and well presented?
Food was good, everything we asked for.

5. Did you like the area you sailed?
Yes, we were limited to the USVI due to Covid restrictions but are planning a trip again next year!

6. Could we at Virgin Island Sailing, Ltd. have helped you further in any way?
Great job

7. May we post this review on our website?
Yes

Name: Matt Finkes
Yacht: KAI with Justin Smith
Charter Dates: 01/05/2021 to 01/12/2021
Broker: Emily Mack
Area Cruised: Virgin Islands
Overall Rating: 5
5 being the highest 0 being the lowest
We hope your charter lived up to your expectations. We would love to know some of your impressions about your yachting vacation. Please answer the following questions and add any comments you may have.

1. Was the crew friendly and accommodating?
They were awesome! Great experience!

2. Was the yacht comfortable and clean?
Yes, it was clean and well maintained. We loved the deck space and the old world charm of the boat.

3. Was the yacht well ventilated?
We slept with our hatches open every night, worked great!

4. Was the food good and well presented?
Food was good, everything we asked for.

5. Did you like the area you sailed?
Yes, we were limited to the USVI due to Covid restrictions but are planning a trip again next year!

6. Could we at Virgin Island Sailing, Ltd. have helped you further in any way?
Great job

7. May we post this review on our website?
Yes

Name: Sue Ludwig
Yacht: Lagoon 52-Barlow with Dream Yacht Charter - Compass Point Marina, St. Thomas
Charter Dates: 01/16/2021 to 01/23/2021
Broker: Joann Higgins
Area Cruised: St. Thomas - USVI
Overall Rating: 3
5 being the highest 0 being the lowest
We hope your charter lived up to your expectations and we are eager to have your evaluation and impressions of your yachting vacation. Please answer the following questions and add any comments you may have.

1. Were the staff at Dream Yacht Charters friendly and accommodating?
The company that was hired at compass point was understaffed, they forgot about us and no one came to the boat u til11 that day, then water was not even put on do waiti g another hour to get filled up, didn't port until 1

2. Was the yacht clean and in good working condition?
Yes

3. Was the yacht's cooking and cleaning equipment sufficient?
Needed new pans, bedding was below average, we went to shopmart and got pillows and blankets for the crew,

4. Was the boat well ventilated?
No, all toilets had not been dumped, they smelled the first night so bad u til we got out to sea to dump,

5. Did the staff at Dream Yacht Charters do a good job familiarizing you with the yacht and its equipment?
Yes

6. Did you like the area you cruised?
Yss

7. Could we at Virgin Island Sailing, Ltd. have helped you further in any way?
The onbaording needs to be more professional, we had to climb over 4 boats to get all our luggage on the boat,

8. May we post this review on our website?
Yes

Name: Loree Long
Yacht: VENTANA with Richard Darling & Christina Astuto
Charter Dates: 01/14/2021 to 01/21/2021
Broker: Carolyn Sweet
Area Cruised: St. Thomas - USVI
Overall Rating: 5
5 being the highest 0 being the lowest
We hope your charter lived up to your expectations. We would love to know some of your impressions about your yachting vacation. Please answer the following questions and add any comments you may have.

1. Was the crew friendly and accommodating?
Yes

2. Was the yacht comfortable and clean?
Yes

3. Was the yacht well ventilated?
Yes

4. Was the food good and well presented?
Yes

5. Did you like the area you sailed?
yes

6. Could we at Virgin Island Sailing, Ltd. have helped you further in any way?
No

7. May we post this review on our website?
Yes

8. Additional comments on your charter?
Richard and Christina were GREAT! We could not have asked for a better capt/chef..they were great...the boat was great. Would welcome the chance to sail with them again!