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(@bella)
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Has anyone used New Horizons or Big Blue Adventures for a day boat rental?If you have please share your experience. Thanks

 
Posted : January 13, 2009 8:45 pm
(@tonibaloni)
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Bella,

I don’t know much about New Horizons except they take many passengers and are sometimes crowded.

But we had a wonderful trip on Big Blue. It was a private boat so just our group of 4 was onboard. The boat is big and very clean. The booking was a breeze, our email questions all got speedy responses.

Capt Wilson was great. We didn’t know exactly what we wanted to do so he made some suggestions and we were off. He gave us a nice tour of St John’s North Shore and pointed out some historical spots. We went snorkeling at the Indians and then another place on Norman Island then had lunch at cute little beach restaurant called Pirate’s Bite. We’d had enough snorkeling by the afternoon so we toured two small tropical islands on our way to Jost Van Dyke where we dropped anchor and spent a relaxing time at White Bay.

The part we enjoyed the most was not being on a set schedule. The only time constraint was checking back into the US border before they closed.

Everyone had a great time and we will be booking Big Blue again next year. Highly recommended!

 
Posted : January 14, 2009 9:41 am
(@marty-on-stt)
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New Horizons...Tim and Holly run a fantastic and well received business...they have one sailboat called New Horizons and 3 powerboats. ALL of them are absolutely top notch and you will be raving about that day as the best of your vacation...this information comes from me living here for 11 years and going out on their trips many, MANY times! 1st class operation!!

 
Posted : January 14, 2009 9:43 am
(@billd)
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My care taker is one of the Captains for New Horizons. They take care of VERY ewll. They know how to work the customs side of things. They take a bunch of people but that can be good if you like to meet lots of folks.

Thats my 2 cents!!!

BILLD

 
Posted : January 14, 2009 3:57 pm
(@kevin40)
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Big blue is it out of stt or sj. any rates available for all day /

 
Posted : January 23, 2009 2:39 pm
(@curran17)
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WE LOVED NEW HORIZONS!! For what you pay and what you get the deal is incredible. I highly reccommend this company. We are divers, sailors and snorklers from sunny Florida and enjoyed every minute of it.

 
Posted : January 24, 2009 2:27 am
(@stt-resident)
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Website with all info for Big Blue:

www.bigblue-usvi.com/

 
Posted : January 24, 2009 8:02 am

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