Jim have you considered Central America? Belize is a lovely place, they offer a retirement visa that is worth looking into. Islands are expensive they don't particularily like americans,but they sure like our money..
To answer your question.. take a month off and go for it.. then leave the boat in the USVI and go from there. might look at puerto rico as a long term base as well.. On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:14 AM, jim sims <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm currently in Charleston, SC and my GF is 'stuck' here for family > for a few years yet, but we are interested in looking for property in > the southern Caribbean to eventually move to. So, the dilemma is how > to best/cheapest do that will maintaining home base here for a while. > We're looking for advice or other options - here's what we're > considering: > 1) Sail the boat in that direction a week or so at a time, leave it > wherever we get to, fly home, then fly back to the boat a few weeks > later, repeat till we get down to the windwards, then repeat at a > slower (movement) pave, stopping to scout each likely island. > 2) Sail the boat straight there (say, St Vincent) and then proceed as #1 > above > > distant third choice) Fly to each likely island in turn and spend a > week looking around > > > My biggest question/concern is how to find a safe place to 'leave' the > boat for a few weeks at a time in between our visits to move her > (costs at marina vs lack of security anchoring out, etc) > > > We'd appreciate any reasonable advice from folks on the list - you can > reply to me directly and I'll summarize unless you think everyone > would be interested int eh answers... > > Thanks! > jim sims > s/v Nekkid Joy III > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social faux pas. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the Yorkshire terrier next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message revealed by reading this warning backwards, however, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk briefly and place it in a warm oven for 40 minutes. Let it stand for 2 hours before icing.
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