BVI Charter - Virgin Traders

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We've chartered with VIP Charters in the past, but not since 2007. Their fleet was getting a little "tired" then. We're thinking about another charter and are considering Virgin Traders. In 2007 we saw their boats and they looked to be in good shape, but 7 years have gone by. Has anyone used them recently? We're interested in the current condition of their fleet and how they were to do business with. Thanks......

Dave
 
Funny this thread came up. I was looking at their site the other day. We chartered in Dec. 2007 with them and it looks like they still have the same express, 475 and a couple of others. I thought the one we chartered back then was a bit of a mule (Dream Trader) so now, if they still have the same boats, I am thinking you may not find better. I had to recable the main system ground to get the batteries to charge.

But it was a great time and if "Biggy" is still there, he will present more ways to include an Fbomb in normal dialog than I knew growing up on the streets of NYC.
 
Dave, we chartered with VIP last spring and had a nice trip. We had previously chartered with them in 2008 and like you, I felt the boats were getting a little tired so this time around wanted to look at other options. In looking into what was available it seemed that there were very few options for power boats (less than back in 2008), and in the end went back to VIP. Moorings has much newer boats but it would have been thousands more for a cat with a layout I didn't particularly like and less room overall, so we went back to VIP. Maybe it was a case of reduced expectations, but the boats didn't seem any worse then they were in 2008. I also got the 59' this time which I liked better than the 49' in terms of space and how it handled. Everything ran fine except for a problem with the water heater and aft deck lights going out I was able to fix. So, all in all, given the options I'd probably use them again. I only recall seeing one Virgin Traders boat down there and it didn't look any newer than what we were on.
 
I looked into that too and found out that they are still using the same old boats. It looks like nobody is willing to put a new power boat on charter any more, probably because of the numerous new power cats around.
 
Actually we met someone who had a boat in charter down there. They were thoroughly disgusted with the treatment of their yacht and brought it up to the Bahamas.
 
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