JOST VAN DYKE - SOGGY DOLLAR BAR AND FOXY'S - MY AQUILA 54 YACHT IN PARADISE.

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[@pantherssbc]

Can’t even begin to explain how thankful I am for every one these videos!!❤❤❤

[@stevereger1574]

IKR?

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

You are so kind

[@shawnfinley4982]

this is the best video yet ! water is so amazing! your candid demeanor is just so real, it is needed these days. you and your friends are the best ! love to watch this . Im hooked for life .

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thank you so much!!

[@lindseyjarrell1096]

Hey, the amazon affiliate link is not working, just FYI

[@BoatingJourney]

Loved it! We kept looking for our sticker and license plate, but you were just a few feet away!!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Next time! Thanks

[@texanborn78]

Good to see you guys back on Jost Van Dyke and at the Soggy Dollar and Foxys again! Looking forward to y’all’s next adventures. Be well!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks

[@katiediaz6034]

My favorite place! Already have next year’s trip planned! ❤ Have you eaten at Tipsy Shark? So good and such nice people.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Not yet!

[@benjaminbear7410]

Alan, is Kenroy still delivering fresh empandas from his mom's bakery each morning at Great Harbor? A great breakfast treat. Love the food and people of the BVI. Can't wait to get back there.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

I think so!

[@stephenscott963]

Tell client she should never make fun of anyone with a smaller boat, anyone on any size boat cruising the Caribbean is blessed, just sayin, love your show!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Love you!

[@Tridentllc]

Do you have to rent a ball or can a person just drop the hook ?

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

You can drop the hook but only in certain areas. Not a lot of sand around here.

[@Boomer_Sooner]

Love these videos sir! We just came back from a Bahamas trip. Now we are wanting to check out chartering a yacht in the BVI's thanks to you. Keep up the awesome content please.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Sounds great!

[@steveunderwood2356]

Nice video

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks

[@evolutionaryTom]

I recognize Uncle AL! Great video. She mention the dinge. Did you get a different one? -Tom

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Yes I did

[@stevereger1574]

Always look forward to your videos. They lift me up like I am there too. Its been a few years, was there in 1990 on the Abraham Lincoln's first cruise around South America from Virginia to California. Loved trunks bay on St John's.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Lol. Thank you!

[@guidedmeditation2396]

I am amazed by how many catamarans there are cruising these waters. At one time they were the rare odd man out and it was hard to find dockage for them but people have come to know and love their many advantages. I have always had command bridges and smaller deep-V cruisers that would rock wildly at anchor. The worst of the worst boats for rocking are the trendy displacement long range tugboat cruisers. They look cool and clever but are pure misery both at anchor and at a dock if there is any kind of wave or wake action.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Cats are very stable and my wife Thabks me!

[@bobcase4816]

Great intro drone edits!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks! 👍

[@stephenscott963]

Great videos, wanted to ask if you use any type of security device to protect someone from stealing your dingy/tender?

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Nope. BVI is crazy safe. No worries

[@guenthermichaels5303]

Look forward to every video. Stunning aerials, and I like your humor. You're a good man. BTW what will you do with boat for Hurricane season? Is there not an insurance issue,? Cheers from Toronto

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

We go on the hard mid August thru September

[@guenthermichaels5303]

@@thewanderinghillbilly and that's what she said.

[@timshea1599]

Does what happens at the Soggy Dollar stay at the Soggy Dollar?

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

No! Everyone is together!!

[@LucasAbeln-yk2np]

Awesome, thanks for posting!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Our pleasure!

[@brianbradley8244]

Very nice, floating in the beautiful water at Soggy"s is the best.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

It really is!

[@HopeOfJoe]

Totally fabulous episode, Alan. The gals are lovely. Best segment, photographically speaking for me, was the black-and-white segment with the gals in silhouette. Aaaaaaaaamazing. See you next time.✨ 🌊 💨 🛥️🏝️👙👙🌞✨

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!!

[@maximac222]

I LOVE your adventures and how much fun you have with your fam jam! (Did they replace the red old phone booth on Marina Cay?)

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

No. But there’s one at Saba Rock!

[@mrbuttons2065]

I keep going back and watching these wonderful videos. If i'm stressed at work, they relax me and put a little smile on my face. Someday .... soon! Thanks, Hillbilly.

[@christinecalifornia8136]

I really miss foxys old webcam stream!!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks for watching

[@tazone99]

Can't follow Ron because no idea who to look for

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

He likes it that way. No social media

[@beachrastaman22]

Alan my wife and I will be there the first week of October...see you there if you are and the first one's on me...well maybe the second too. Be well.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Going early October!!

[@beachrastaman22]

@@thewanderinghillbilly Yeah, and I know it's not really optimal but a good time for me and the BOSS (my wife), just have to decompress. The off season is really best for us = less people...be well and travel HAPPY.

[@1320fastback]

Is the best bar I've ever been too 😊 Love the Soggy Man drink! If you get the ice cream down at the end watch out for the mushrooms. They are the psychedelic kind!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks for the tips!

[@benjaminbear7410]

Alan, our first bare boat charter mooring, was at Saba Rock, the closest boaty ball ball to SR. Dinghy back to the boat after dinner at Bitter End Yacht club around 9pm, no lights!. As we arr crossing the boat channel to get to our boat a Yacht tender tied at Saba Rock, starts up and heads towards us. He decided that he was in a hurry to get back and opened the throttle! He is closing on us fast and was going to run right thru the middle of our dinghy! He saw and turned hard to his left, missing us by about 3 feet. He did wash us with a wall of water. Both of us were in the wrong. Grabbed the flashlight for nighttime dinghy rides after that. Got back on the boat, and girls cried, and boys drank.

[@spotdude77]

As always just beautiful

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@timshea1599]

Does Marine Max have the capability to hoist a 70Aquila and put on the hard?

[@johngrant7696]

While I appreciate that BVI needs the cash, it is a shame it is getting to be so crowded with floating hotels suites. Even 5 years ago it wasn’t that bad. Time to find the next spot.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks for watching

[@BennFleishman]

Great video Alan!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Many thanks!

[@gtlguy]

"It doesn't suck!"

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

No it doesn’t

[@williamconway1287]

Another question , is that the catamaran dingy that Aquila advertises to go with the 54 ? And if it is , is the crane easy to use and how does the dingy ride ?

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

All great! Love the tender. It’s really heavy tho. Thanks

[@GrahamSwan-yi5gw]

Yes this is the dinghy that comes with the 54 - it is awesome with a 40hp motor and handles really well - the davit system is very simple to use to launch and retrieve but requires 2 people if it’s windy (we have a 54 BISON in Phuket Thailand)

[@sailingsvcabo450]

Our boat Cabo makes a cameo appearance in your video. Happy sailing.

[@micheandmikey]

Sitting here at work watching and seeing those painkillers being made...............oh my....I'm going to make some this weekend. 🍹

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Sounds great!

[@williamconway1287]

If I thought I could get away with it I would steal your 54 as it’s fairly predisastered ! Since you have shown everything that’s gone wrong with it and fixed it ! But I think I’ll just watch your videos ! 🤪🤩😂

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Hah. Thanks for watching

[@timshepherd8123]

hi this is TIM and Judy Shepherd. We love your videos. We are headed down next June 8 / 2024 do you think you are possibly going to be there in the BVI on that date?

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Not sure…thanks for watching

[@JonJon-ou2sf]

Just off Saba rock. Loving the BVI your videos have helped me so much. I wish you all the best.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Glad you like them!

[@vanessaschroeder6899]

Headed back for 8th bareboat charter. We've brought guests/family twice but love it on our own. Mooring ball pickup is always a great show! Definitely easier with experience especially when I am the hooker! Curious as to why you don't Boaty Ball in Great Harbour to save a spot and anchor in White Bay? This is always my favorite but we've seen some dicey captains - but a beautiful way to spend the day having your "home" so close. That said, we did have to pick up a ball on the east end of Jost when we missed the Boaty Ball opportunity but found Alice's which was incredible pizza and hospitality. I just found you on KZbin and pouring over all videos...thank you for your work there and sharing. BVI is the best. We keep saying, let's go somewhere else...did Bahamas but not the same. So here we were are again but first time coming in December.

[@vanessaschroeder6899]

Geez should have finished the video and saw your answer! Just got so excited seeing White Bay!

[@markrefosco9236]

Another great video Alan and thanks for sharing! We just spent 17 days bareboating out of Nanny and we can definitely attest the BVI’s are back in action and better than ever. This was our thirteenth bareboat charter and the best so far. Your videos capture the BVI opportunities perfectly. Keep ‘‘em coming!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

That is awesome! Thanks

[@markdavis-k7u]

Hey it was a real treat to meet you at Foxys that evening! Peace, Love, and Spiced Rum Brother.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Love it!!!

[@mikeswinford466]

What I found interesting cruising that area is all the white stuff on the island edges is suntan lotion residue. YVD is big fun.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks for the info

[@troylibertyuniversity9064]

We did a week on this route and anchored everywhere we went. It was great to sleep in and save money.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks for watching

[@mattmeyer8938]

The girls called the fenders GIANT tampons 😮

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Lol. Thanks for watching

[@dalemorris8609]

Baylor University, Waco, Texas. I ventured there after serving eighteen months and sixteen days over seas diring Vietnam. Great state to ride a motorcycle. Have fun my friend. 🦜

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Very cool!

[@scottmichaels12]

That’s a pretty tame Foxy’s night from what I remember. Of course the last time I was there the original Foxy’s sign hadn’t been stolen yet.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Hah. Thanks for watching

[@marliebogdon5361]

I sell Aquila Catamarans at MarineMax...really cool to see it from the other perspective!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks

[@txpatriotgirl]

I totally agree that Jost Van Dyke is worth the charter! However, I was only there for a cruise excursion not a charter. Next time, charter for sure!!!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks for watching

[@mikeguidry7440]

can you tell what a taxi cost from road town dock to nanny cay? our flight to stt lands at 245 pm on a saturday what public ferry should we take? not sure time needed to deplane and get to ferry @ c amaili enjoy the channel...thanks

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

800 bucks minimum for 6 people…usually. So, about 140 bucks a person…which is wonderful considering they also check you into the country and there are no lines and no waiting. Thanks for watching.

[@lencritcher1144]

Awesome video as usual! Thanks for sharing.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks for watching!

[@lookingforbluewater6162]

A fun time was had by all!!😎🥰❤️🥂

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Indeed

[@scottutegaard7076]

love your videos we keep going back to the BVI's year after year. used to be a secret lol

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

That is awesome!

[@patrickhill1457]

One of the best ones yet. Outstanding work.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Wow, thanks!

[@JBE158]

That water is so clear it looks like a pool, beautiful! Oh... and go Rangers & Cowboys!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Rangers!!!

[@JBE158]

@@thewanderinghillbilly that win just now was beautiful

[@jimgray766]

Just there three weeks ago. Sorry we missed the get together. So much fun.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks

[@fettifam973]

Foxy is my cousin good to see the people see our culture

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Awesome. Would love to meet you and him!

[@Sea_Dog7]

Just got turned onto your channel. Great stuff Alan. As a retired television news photographer and Emmy award winning video editor I can deeply appreciate the hard work you put in shooting and editing your videos. They look fantastic. While I do not own a yacht I love cruising even though I must do it through Royal Caribbean. Jost Van Dyke and the Soggy Dollar has been on my bucket list for years. We will be there on an excursion October 25, 2023 in the mid morning hours. If you happen to find your way there I would love to meet you and buy you a painkiller. I really appreciate what you do. I'm just starting my KZbin channel "Sea Dog Cruises Royal Caribbean. Stop by and have a look. Cheers and keep up the good life. I love living through you.

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

We will be there in October!!!

[@Sea_Dog7]

@@thewanderinghillbilly If you are there October 25th look for me in a Sea Dog swim shirt and say hi. I’m pretty sure I can recognize you. First painkiller is on me! Thanks for what you do.

[@gregdowling8593]

You caught us dancing at the end .great meeting you

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

You as well!!!

[@sjwilloughby-greene8214]

❤❤❤ one of my favorite places..😊

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Mine too! Thanks for watching

[@shanemcgonnell2689]

Hendos Hideout has the best Conch Fritters in the BVI. Also the seafood Burger is amazing!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Good to know!

[@shanemcgonnell2689]

@@thewanderinghillbilly btw it was nice meeting you at leverick full moon party a couple weeks ago. I might have been slightly over served! Lol.

[@frankpickrell]

Living the best life

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thank you

[@aristorch7543]

Wait! That is us! You got my wife and I on our sailboat at the beginning of your video (Infinity 10 Lagoon 46)!!!! Glad you enjoyed our backyard!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

No way! Awesome. Thanks for watching!

[@saltysoul7059]

Gig Em!👍

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Ha. Sic em!!!

[@matthewtaylor1697]

lots of fun

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Thanks

[@rynOtwEEty]

You're living my dream Captain Al. Keep there great videos coming👍

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

That's the plan! Thanks

[@TobacconistU]

no breakdowns or hiccups!!! a perfect video! congrats...

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

Yay! Thank you!

[@nancycurtis3964]

That is a lot of traffic! So many more boats in Great Harbour in summer than I've ever seen!!

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

I know! Thanks for watching

[@robinbunch8918]

Yes, Alan!😊

[@DaddymackLV]

Great video ! love those places - long story - but got to sit with Ivan and Foxy one time - and chat with them for a while :) Haven't been in a couple years, Ivan's still there? Don't miss the full moon party on Tortola :)

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

We went to the full moon party! Video to come

[@mybrewboy30]

I was excited when I book our trip but now I’m even more excited about it thanks to your great videos!!!! Hope we get to run in to you at the Soggy Dollar!!! That would make my vacation complete!!🍹🛥️🏝️🏴‍☠️

[@thewanderinghillbilly]

I hope so too! And thanks for watching!