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Barbados Excursion

PostPosted: 18 Apr 2007, 17:00
by philadam
As Virgin fly to Barbados and having spent a day there recently, I thought I would advise of a great trip I did. If you are into doing day sails I would highly recommend Silver Moon I as a relaxing and enjoyable experience.

The boat which is 44 feet long takes just 12 people and feels very uncrowded. There's also a slightly larger boat that takes 24 people. We stopped off for a snorkel with the turtles and then on to a reef for some fish, had a delicious lunch and then an exciting trip back across what was described as "lumpy" seas.

The crew were great and we had a wonderful day.

If you do a Google search for "Silver Moon" and Barbados you'll find their site. Well worth a try, I hope this is useful.

Phil

PostPosted: 18 Apr 2007, 18:51
by Scrooge
Also I would like to mention Thriller Ocean tours, great tour, Stephan the captain is great and prices are a little lower than most.

If you look on cruisecritic you will find a lot of good posts about both companies.

PostPosted: 19 Apr 2007, 12:59
by porsche911
Phil + Scrooge , thats great information, many thanks. I will be there in June with the family and both trips sound fantastic -

PostPosted: 19 Apr 2007, 13:53
by mdvipond
Originally posted by philadam
As Virgin fly to Barbados and having spent a day there recently, I thought I would advise of a great trip I did. If you are into doing day sails I would highly recommend Silver Moon I as a relaxing and enjoyable experience.

The boat which is 44 feet long takes just 12 people and feels very uncrowded. There's also a slightly larger boat that takes 24 people. We stopped off for a snorkel with the turtles and then on to a reef for some fish, had a delicious lunch and then an exciting trip back across what was described as "lumpy" seas.

The crew were great and we had a wonderful day.

If you do a Google search for "Silver Moon" and Barbados you'll find their site. Well worth a try, I hope this is useful.

Phil

We've done a fair few cat trips whilst we've been in Babados before. Love 'em, especially when - as you so nicely put it - the sea gets a bit lumpy. I've had look at the website and can't work one thing out though - do you have to be a party of 12 to charter the boat, or do they take you in twos and threes like other operators?

PostPosted: 19 Apr 2007, 19:43
by philadam
Originally posted by mdvipond
Originally posted by philadam
As Virgin fly to Barbados and having spent a day there recently, I thought I would advise of a great trip I did. If you are into doing day sails I would highly recommend Silver Moon I as a relaxing and enjoyable experience.

The boat which is 44 feet long takes just 12 people and feels very uncrowded. There's also a slightly larger boat that takes 24 people. We stopped off for a snorkel with the turtles and then on to a reef for some fish, had a delicious lunch and then an exciting trip back across what was described as "lumpy" seas.

The crew were great and we had a wonderful day.

If you do a Google search for "Silver Moon" and Barbados you'll find their site. Well worth a try, I hope this is useful.

Phil

We've done a fair few cat trips whilst we've been in Babados before. Love 'em, especially when - as you so nicely put it - the sea gets a bit lumpy. I've had look at the website and can't work one thing out though - do you have to be a party of 12 to charter the boat, or do they take you in twos and threes like other operators?



We were a party of nine and there were three others we didn't know, so I guess they will just find the number to make up the other spaces. Not sure how that works if you go at a quiet time and they can't fill the boat, but I'm sure they should answer that one by email.

Phil

PostPosted: 23 Apr 2007, 12:38
by mdvipond
Thanks Phil. Will get in touch and find out, looks like a good trip if we can organise it.

PostPosted: 26 Apr 2007, 10:51
by philadam
Originally posted by mdvipond
Thanks Phil. Will get in touch and find out, looks like a good trip if we can organise it.




No problem. I hope that whatever you decide to do, you have a great time!Image

Phil

PostPosted: 26 Apr 2007, 11:10
by tallprawn
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That Smiley definitely needs uploading to the site!!! :D