The New Local Knowledge
You may find yourself wondering whether chartering in the Caribbean is in the cards this year. After all, much of that storied sea devolved from paradise to perdition in a matter of weeks last September as a pair of Category 5 hurricanes hit the islands, cutting a swath of devastation that had not been seen in recent memory.
About two months After Irma and Maria did their level best to level many of the islands, the Virgin Islands Professional Charter Association (VIPCA) held its charter yacht show at Yacht Haven Grande in St. Thomas and invited to come down. From my perspective as a journalist, the charter show would be a promising event chieflfly because it’s a b-to-b affair, a venue for charter operators to connect with the brokers who help market their services— including
