St John Villa Rental

Rent a St John Villa from www.stjohnvillarental.com. Or a cottage or ultimate luxury villa. St John Villa Rental

Afterwards

After the Patriots beat the colts tonight, I am going to invite all of them to stay at a St. John Villa.

Cottages in the Virgin Islands

Cottage rentals in the U.S. Virgin Islands are very popular. On your vacation, try a cottage. St. John Villa Rental has the most listings of cottage rentals anywhere. 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, even a couple of 3-bedroom cottages. For villas, condos, apartments, and cottages, go to St John USVI Villa Rentals

The Unwatched World Series

The umpires cheated during the playoffs. Had they not cheated, the Boston Red Sox would have won the ALCS 4-0. Now, the world serious has two teams no-one cares about, and the ratings will be pathetic.

This is not a time for inaction

Since this is not a time for inaction, I highly recommend that you take action.

Oh, oh, fart

That about says it all.

Not a large post today, but so what.

Yacht Club Rear Commodore

Does anybody want to be rear commodore for next year. Very prestigious. A career path.

More villas

St. John Villa Rental has over 100 villas available in all areas of St. John. www.stjohnvillarental.com.

Red Sox on a winning streak

The Boston Red Sox won again last night. 8-1. They are on a really good streak.

And unfortunately for the yankees, they lost again and are way way way out of it.

Still nothing

Blog number 3 is getting the same treatment today as 1 and 2. Nothing at all.

Cuts, Cuts, Cuts

The Patriots, World Champions of The World, 19-0 last season, made a few roster cuts yesterday. They are looking awesome again, and will go 19-0 again.

No mosquitoes

There are no mosquitoes on St. John. We get such beautiful trade winds that those pesky little bugs that bother other islands don't get us.

So, don't worry about them -- they do not exist here.

88 posts

Amazingly, this blog has 88 posts, counting this one. Some of them even made sense, not counting this one.

Another Win for the Boston Red Sox Again

Another night, another win. This time it was 6-1 or something like that. We are easily in first place.

The lads will all be invited to St. John in the fall, after the world serious.

No mention of closets here

There will be no mention in this forum of the closet I just built. You'll have to look elsewhere.

This forum is usually about the St. John Yacht Club.

Building a closet today

Today is the day -- actually the day before the day. I cleaned out the closet yesterday, and today we will be going through all the stuff and throwing bunches away. A closet, as we all know, gets as full of stuff as it is big.

Poigt

This post is about a poigt. A poigt is an imaginary solid, like a u-shaped block at the top, but turning into three round legs at the bottom. An optical illusion. Naturally, Captain G. Piecost can draw one. As with a potrzebie, a poigt came out of Mad Magazine. And in a few months, a search for poigt will produce this post.

Read The St. John Source for info about St. John

This article was in The Source recently. About the Constitutional Convention.

'Native' Definition Tweaked by Constitution Committee
by Lynda Lohr

St. John resident Paul Devine stalks out of Friday's meeting.
June 13, 2008 -- A Constitutional Convention committee tweaked its definition of a V.I. native Friday, adding the word "domiciled."
The definition now reads: "A Native Virgin Islander shall be defined as any person born or domiciled in the Virgin Islands prior to 1927 and who was not a citizen of any other country or nation and any person who is an offspring of parent or parents born or domiciled in the Virgin Islands prior to 1927 and who was not a citizen of any other country or nation."
The change was made by the Citizenship, Virgin Islands' Rights, Environment and Cultural and Historical Preservation Committee of the Fifth Constitutional Convention. Remaining unchanged is the provision, "or any person born outside the Virgin Islands to native V.I. parent or parents while that parent or parents was studying abroad, employed abroad, or in active military service."
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The year 1927 is when V.I. residents received citizenship from the United States. The change came about to include people living in the territory but not born in the Virgin Islands when citizenship was granted.
Meeting at the Legislature building on St. John, the committee also upped the number of years for people to be considered V.I. citizens from one to five. About 20 people attended the meeting.
While most of the delegates favored including a definition of native in the constitution, former Gov. Charles Turnbull begged to differ.
"It creates a hanger on which to hang discriminatory legislation," he said. "I see icebergs ahead for this ship."
Turnbull is a veteran of five constitutional conventions.
St. John resident Paul Devine, who has drafted a constitution himself and given it to delegates, opposed inserting any native definition.
"Why would one segment of our society be included in the constitution and not another?" he asked.
He later walked out of the meeting after former Sen. Adelbert Bryan, who serves on the committee, harangued him for his constitutional efforts.
"I take offense to Mr. Devine writing a constitution," Bryan said. "Who gave him the right to write for us?"
It went downhill from there, with Bryan continuing to reproach Devine, Devine yelling at Bryan, Delegate Stedmann Hodge standing up to chastise Devine, and Devine stalking out of the meeting.
"Goodbye and good luck," Devine said as he left the meeting. A handful of other St. John residents followed.
Devine was one of three people testifying at Friday's meeting.
Natives are simply people born in the territory, said St. John resident Myrtle Barry.
"Taking it further gets it complicated," Barry said. Although her parents were not born in the Virgin Islands, Barry said, she was.
Lorelei Monsanto sided with those who want the native Virgin Islander definition as it currently stands.
"This is about the Virgin Islands and about my future," she said.
People born or domiciled in the Virgin Islands before 1927 are a special group of people, said Delegate Gerard Emmanuel.
"They are charter members of V.I. society," he said.

I built a sky hook

I built a sky hook yesterday. It holds up a swing in a deck area with no roof. How did I do it? Magic. Some 4x4 stock, screws, bolts, and loads of talent.

St John Cottages

Here is a list of Cottages for rent on St. John. From the web site
St John Villa Rental.

1-Bedroom Cottages
Captain's Cabin
Catch 'n Keep
Coconut Cottage
Coral + Blue
Fishbone
In Harmony Retreat
Meritage Cottage
Siempre Azul
Tradewinds Cottage
Tranquility
Trinidad Charlie's Eco Cottages

2-Bedroom Cottages
Caneel Trailside Cottage
Carnival Beach House
Horizons Cottage
Louisenhoj
Woodrose99

3-Bedroom Cottages
Coconut Hill Cottage
Stone Cottage

Caribbean Yacht Clubs on St. John

The St. John Yacht Club is a Caribbean Yacht Club. Located in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The website is www.stjohnyachtclub.org. You can find anything you want about the St John Yacht Club on the website.

Tax Information from The Source today

This was in today's The Source. Not a single mention of www.stjohnvillarental.com, but a lot of stuff about taxes.

Tax-Clearance Letters Will Serve as Proof of Property-Tax Payment
by Lynda Lohr
June 11, 2008 -- Tax-clearance letters are one method property owners can use as proof of payment for delinquency notices, Tax Assessor Roy Martin said Wednesday.
"In any instance where a property owner has been issued a delinquency notice, that property owner can present a tax-clearance letter to the Finance Department or the office of the Tax Assessor as conclusive proof of payment," Martin said in a news release.
However, the tax-clearance letters in question are the ones used in real estate transactions, said Shawna Richards, spokesman at the Lieutenant Governor's Office.
As an example, she said that when a property is sold, the seller has to provide proof that the real-property taxes are paid with a tax-clearance letter.
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Last week many residents received letters that their property taxes were delinquent. Letters went out to owners of 47,000 parcels with about $50 million owed in back taxes. Many residents say they paid those bills a long time ago and are now scrambling to locate proof that they paid.
"Unfortunately, the burden is on the taxpayer," Richards said.
The Tax Assessor's Office agreed that there were errors.
"The records we have inherited suffered from poor recordkeeping," Richards said.
Collection of property taxes is in the midst of being transferred from the Finance Department, which kept the records manually, to the Tax Assessor's Office, which will automate the records.
"We've been making preparations to fully integrate the system," Richards said.
Martin apologized to the public for any undue anxiety and inconvenience caused by the receipt of delinquency letters.
"I ask for the public's continued patience as the property tax office works diligently to clean up data records, a move in the direction of implementing a fully computerized system, which I am confident when completed will improve our levels of customer service," Martin said.
This is a problem that has existed for years, Martin explained, and "we are working to correct many of these issues during the period of time in which the government is transitioning the collection of property taxes from the Finance Department to the Tax Assessor's Office."
"I encourage anyone having questions about the tax status of their property, or who believe that they have been wrongly reported as delinquent, to visit the Collections Office at the Finance Department to provide proof of payment, or contact the Tax Assessor's Office to request copies of bills for individual tax years," Martin said.
He said his office "is reviewing all administrative options to add certainty to real-estate transactions and to insure that both purchasers and property owners have assurances that they are taking title free and clear of any possible tax problems years later."

Villa Callaloo, St. John

The best villa on St. John built in the old West Indian style is Villa Callaloo. This is listed in www.stjohnvillarental.com and www.frankbayvillas.com, which list over 100 villas for your vacation rental.

Celtics and Red Sox Both Won

As I told you yesterday, the Celtics and Red Sox both won.

Yacht Club Commodore's Log for June

Just think, only 6 more Commodore's Logs to do before someone else is commodore of the St. John Yacht Club. Probably Jim Swan, or maybe Larry Boxerman. Who knows?

But my term will be over shortly.

Captain G. Piecost
www.stjohnyachtclub.org

Celtics Won and the Red Sox Also Won

2 victories for the lads last night. The Celtics, bless them, are in the NBA Finals, where they will absolutely toast the smoggers.

List of Villas on St. John

Here is information about st john virgin islands villa rentals. If you are planning to take a vacation in st john, you should use either of these websites to find a house or condo or villa to rent. If you are planning a trip, you might as well do some research and use this St John Villa Rental This is the best choice of all villa rentals and has a photo gallery of st john attractions. St John USVI Villa Rentals Frank Bay Villas are perfect for st john vacations. In fact, they are so good that they recently won an award for top websites in the whole Caribbean for travel to the Virgin Islands.

Here is a list of villas that are listed on these websites.

Over 100 vacation villa rentals available for your vacation in St John USVI. Homes, condos, apartments. Coral Bay, Cruz Bay, South Shore, National Park. Waterfront, views, pools. Frank Bay Villas have something for everybody. If you are planning a wedding or honeymoon in the USVI, or if you need a last-minute special, make sure you reserve a St John Vacation Villa Rental from Frank Bay Villas. Here is the list of vacation rentals.

1-Bedroom Villa Rentals: Apartment Suite Dreams, Azul de Mar, Bananaquit, Blue Stone Grotto, Bougainvillea, Captain's Cabin, Caribsea, Caribsurf, Catch n Keep, Coconut Coast, Coral and Blue, Coral Dream, Far Horizons, Fishbone Cottage, Garden By The Sea, Hillcrest Guest House, In Harmony Retreat, Lavender Hill Suites, Meritage Cottage, Papaya Moon, Siempre Azul, Star Villas, Tranquility, Trinidad Charlie Eco Cottages, Valley View, Windcrest.

2-Bedroom Villa Rentals: Blue Tang, Cameron Cove, Caneel Trailside Cottage, Carnival Beach House, Castle St. John, Coconut Coast, Daffodil Villa, Hibiscus Gardens, Horizons Cottage, Kamabesu, Lavender Hill Suites, Louisenhoj, Luna Vista, Mystic Ridge, Panacea, Sea Turtle Villa, SeaCruz, Skyridge, Star Villas, Starlit Escape, Tradewinds Cottage, Villa Cielomar, Windcrest, Woodrose99.

3-Bedroom Villa Rentals: Allesandra, Andante by the Sea, Blue Palm Villa, Cari-beana Villa, ChocoCruz, Cinnamon Stones, Cinnamon Tarn, Golden Dragon, Idyllic Villa, Odessa, Rendezvous By The Sea, Safari, Serenity, Splendore, Still Waters, Stone Cottage, Villa Bijou, Villa Mollo, Windchime Villa.

4-Bedroom Villa Rantals: Acqua Blu, Amani, Argonauta, Blue Skies, Cari-beana + Blue Stone Grotto, Chateau La Tete Rouge, Fish Bay Hideaway, Meritage Great House, Rendezview, Sea Turtle Villa, Serendipity, Skyridge, Sol Inclination, Villa Callaloo, Villa Claudia, Villa Colorado, Villa Venturoso.

5-Bedroom Villa Rentals: Crystal Seaview, Island's End, Kismet, Mystic Ridge, Peter Bay Beach House, Starlit Escape, Vida de Mar, Villa Tesori, Woodrose99 + Stone Cottage.

6-Bedroom Villa Rentals: Chateau Margot, Great Expectations, Oceana, Ristaba, Villa Paulette.

And we have links to over 75 additional villa availability calendars. Villas of all sizes and locations -- in every section of St. John.

St John Villas

This is a reminder that you should rent a villa on st john usvi from www.stjohnvillarental.com, because that is where all the best villas are listed for rental. Like Great Expectations or Bananaquit.

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You are now 70 posts old. How does it feel?

Boston Red Sox No Hitter

Jon Lester pitched a no-hitter last night as the Red Sox won 7-0. I should mention that the Red Sox are the defending World Champions, and are in first place this year.

Poor little blog

Today I get to wear a dark green shirt and watch the celtics on my little teevee as they win another (ho hum) game 7 at home.

And the referees will not be cheating today.

To make everything even

This is a make-up post. Somehow the second blog is one ahead. So today is make-up day. Atomic energy is based on atoms. Loads of them.

Is it summer yet

When does summer start in St. John? I guess it is next month. Meanwhile, I guess we'll remain in spring.

Need some home cooking

The Red Sox and the Celtics need some home cooking, as the umpires and referees in other cities are cheating on purpose.

Not a single axolotl today

Nope, no axolotls in this blog today. An axolotl is a wingless bird with hairy feathers, so I am not going to mention one.

62 times

This was in the st john source today. There was no mention whatsoever of www.stjohnvillarental.com, which was very surprising.

Ferry Operators Must Bring 5:30 a.m. Run Back, PSC Rules
by Bill Kossler

Kenrick Augustus, general manager of Transportation Services speaking at Friday's PSC hearing.
May 10, 2008 -- The V.I. Public Services Commission voted Friday to make St. Thomas-St. John ferry operators resume their 5:30 a.m. run.
Kenrick Augustus, general manager of Transportation Services, said his ferry company and Varlack Ventures, the other ferry company on the route, had eliminated some of the early-morning trips because not enough passengers were coming to make the trip profitable. The trips scheduled on the half hour were canceled.
"It only made sense, from a business standpoint, to cut the runs to those proven to be viable," Augustus said. The rising cost of fuel was a major factor, he said.
PSC commissioner and St. John resident Alecia Wells objected, saying there are teachers and students who cannot afford to be late to school.
After some discussion, Wells moved that the 5:30 a.m. run be reinstated immediately and the PSC revisit the question of the other canceled runs in 30 days, after investigating the ferries' ridership over that time. The 5:30 a.m. ferry will resume Monday, Augustus said.
Voting yes were Wells, Joseph Boschulte, Donald G. Cole, Verne C. David and M. Thomas Jackson. Sirri Hamad was absent.
On the St. Croix-St. Thomas ferry route plied by V.I. SeaTrans ferries, the PSC voted to approve existing ticket prices, making what were temporary rates the official rates.
Voting yes were Boschulte, Coles and Jackson. Wells and David abstained.
V.I. SeaTrans Executive Director Marjorie Smith also asked for a $6 per round-trip fare surcharge to help pay for skyrocketing fuel costs, and was denied for now.
The PSC voted to suspend discussion of the question for "not more than eight months." By law, they must vote within eight months or the fee goes into effect automatically.
Voting to suspend were; Boschulte, Cole, David, Jackson and Wells. Hamad was absent.
Moving to telecommunications issues, Innovative Communication Corp. (ICC) Chapter 11 trustee Stan Springel said the Vitelco telephone and Innovative Cablevision services regulated by the PSC will be sold at auction June 16.
The parent companies are in bankruptcy, but the component companies are not. Springel has been assigned to organize the sale of the assets to pay off the debts of the parent company. ICC also owns the V.I. Daily News and TV Channel 2, and these are also being auctioned, but are not regulated by the PSC.
In the first round of the process, more than 400 companies were solicited for bids, Springel said. Of those, about 100 have gone so far as to sign non-disclosure agreements and have begun looking closely at the companies' assets.
"We anticipate selecting five to seven firms to take into round two of the process, which will be much more in depth," Springel said.
Under V.I. law, the PSC must approve the sale of the phone and cable companies. Springel asked the PSC to give him details of what the PSC would expect of a new owner so he can provide the information to potential bidders.
The PSC voted five to zero to lay out their concerns in writing before June 2. Voting yea were Boschulte, Jackson, Cole, David, and Wells.

Tim Henway

Tim Henway of England won a tennis tournament once. I love his name. Just like a joke.

P.S. It's not really Henway. I just call him that.

A short post today

Today the only post is this. For a st john villa rental or vacation rentals, use www.stjohnvillarental.com because it is the best.

Any potrzebie?

No potrzebie. No poigt. No axolotl.

Article from The Source Today

This was in The Source. No mention of www.stjohnvillarental.com or www.frankbayvillas.com today. In fact, nothing at all about vacation villa rentals on St John. So, you will just have to read this article instead.

Park Service Presents Boaters with New Plan for Hurricane Hole
by Pamela Reid Bussard
May 5, 2008 -- Boaters who want to keep their boats in St. John's Hurricane Hole this year will have a new procedure for acquiring a permit.
Before June 28, if a storm warrants opening the protected waters, the Park Service will notify boaters. They will then be allowed to select one of 78 chains, or storm berths, and tag it with a buoy with their boat identification. Then the boater must notify the park for a permit.
That spot will be the boat's storm berth for the season, but it can only be used when the Park Service identifies a storm that warrants use of the protected waters.
If there are no storms before June 28, the Park Service will open Hurricane Hole at dawn on that day. Boaters may select and identify a berth, and then make an appointment with Rafe Boulon, chief of resource management for the park, to apply for a permit.
Hurricane Hole is normally off limits for anchoring.
"We have a very special, delicate, unique spot -- we want to take care of it," said Tracy Naudin, who lives aboard her Sparkman and Stevens 42-foot yawl. "I want to preserve the mangroves, and not only as a boater to protect my boat -- the mangroves hold the ground down. They are absolutely what keeps us safe, but there are a lot of boats, and we all want in."
Boaters must mark the chain they select with a minimum of one buoy, with the vessel's name and registration or documentation number clearly marked on it, according to a news release from the park. Only then, by appointment, can boaters apply for a permit with Boulon.
Selecting a spot and then making an appointment to apply for a permit is a change from last year's permitting procedure, where boaters spent the night in front of the Park Service offices in advance of the announced registration time.
"We are not having a registration day -- that's been eliminated," said Christy Loomis, the parks's geographic information specialist, who answered questions on behalf of Boulon. "It was just chaos with people coming more than 24 hours ahead of time. People who came at the time they were supposed to be there would have been in the back of the line."
Last year boaters tried to camp out to be the first in line to get a permit, Loomis said. Camping isn't permitted in front of park headquarters.
The Park Service changed the procedure in response to a survey of last year's permit holders. (See "National Park Seeks Input on Streamlining Hurricane Hole Registration.")
Park rangers will be on hand before dawn at Hurricane Hole, according to Loomis.
"I don't know if there is a good clear way [for assigning storm berths], but I think they are getting close," Naudin said. "I am definitely on the mangrove's side, but I also want to preserve my home."

56

There are 56 posts in every forum. That means a total of 224. Certainly momentous. Maybe even stupendous.

An understatement.

Probably gargantuanly extreme.

Visit St John

Come to st john usvi for a vacation, and have a great time. Make sure you root for the Boston Celtics, who won last night even though the referees were cheating.

Once again, once again

Fourth blog of the day brings up the rear. Today it is about various trees. Elm, maple, pine, oak, and sugarapple. These are the best trees ever, except for lignum vitae. I have three lignum vitae trees in my yard. One will eventually become the base for a tree house for M.

New Ferry Schedule

The unaudited ferry monopolies, supported by the vi government, have come up with new schedules, as reported by The Source today.

Ferries will continue to run from Cruz Bay to Red Hook at 6 a.m., then every hour on the hour until 11 p.m.
Ferries will run from Red Hook to Cruz Bay at 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m., then every hour on the hour until midnight.
Ferries will run from Cruz Bay to Charlotte Amalie at 7:15 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:15 p.m. and 3:45 p.m.
Ferries will run from Charlotte Amalie to Cruz Bay at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

This should be put in www.stjohntravelforum.com, as well as www.stjohnvillarental.com and www.frankbayvillas.com, but maybe I won't remember to do it today, as there are other things to do.

Last blog

The last blog gets the last post again, and it is typical of last posts. www.stjohntravelforum.com has loads of villa rentals that you can look at and even rent for your st john vacation. But you can postpone if you want and get a last-minute special and save some money. That would be a good thing to do.

Maybe tonight we'll visit Elaine at Coconut Coast Studios and then go to open mike night and perform Big John. I hope Michael has memorized the refrain. It is very easy. Big John, Big John, Big Bad John, Big John. Not much to it.

Rebate Checks -- An article from The Source

Benefits of $41.5 Million Reimbursement Will Soon Reach Islanders
by Bill Kossler

This was in The Source today. I don't understand all of it, but anything will be worthwhile. And everyone getting a rebate should rent a st john villa, using www.stjohnvillarental.com for a vacation in the usvi, or www.frankbayvillas.com.

April 28, 2008 -- The Virgin Islands government will soon receive $41.5 million from the U.S. Treasury to give $600 checks to most of the territory's taxpayers.
Congress passed a $150 billion dollar economic stimulus package earlier in the year calling for cash rebates to every taxpayer, with the goal of jump starting the economy with a rush of consumer spending. Those with direct deposit of their taxes began getting money in their accounts Monday. But the rebates put the Virgin Islands and other territories with tax systems tied to the federal rates in a bind. Because the territory collects income taxes locally at the rates set for federal income tax, the rebate checks would have come directly out of the V.I. government till, putting the budget $41.5 million in the hole.
Christensen and her fellow delegates from the U.S. territories successfully lobbied to amend the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 to reimburse the territories which would have had to shoulder the cost of the rebates as an unfunded mandate.
“We were determined to protect the insular treasuries from loss and I am pleased that the Bush administration is providing this advance payment,” Christensen said. “I am even more pleased that our residents will be receiving their checks in the mail at this time of rising gas and food prices.”
The stimulus is expected to provide $600 to individuals who make up to $75,000 annually, $1,200 per married couple who make up to $150,000 and $300 per dependent child. Low wage workers who earned at least $3,000 in 2007 will get at least $300.
The U.S. Senate also added provisions that would give $300 for seniors living on Social Security and disabled veterans. In a press release from her office Monday, Christensen said low income residents and seniors who usually do not file income tax returns can still get a $300 stimulus payment by filing before Oct. 15.
“They should contact the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue for assistance,” she said.
Christensen added that the Congress is planning a second stimulus bill in the near future focusing on increasing energy provisions that assist low income residents, funds for a summer jobs program, increasing food stamps and other provisions to assist Americans suffering in this faltering economy.
These individual tax rebates are one horn of the federal stimulus package. The other is a generous one-time 50 percent depreciation write-off on investments made during this year. This encourages businesses thinking of major capital investments to do it now, rather than later.
"It accelerates into the current year some tax savings in exchange for not getting the deduction in later years," said tax expert Neil D. Kossler during a telephone interview Monday. . "Over time, it is revenue neutral, except if I can have a dollar now in exchange for a dollar next year, I'll take the dollar now every time." Kossler is a D.C. metropolitan area certified public accountant who has appeared on CNN as a tax expert.
Small businesses will benefit from the stimulus because they can write off taxes for capital investments made in 2008 up to $250,000 and for purchases of new equipment up to $800,000.

Another provision helps homeowners affected by the mortgage crisis. It increases Federal Housing Administration loan limits for single family loans from $417,000 to $729,000 for one year for loans made between July 31, 2007 and December 31, 2008.
"This will help some home owners go from a variable rate to a fixed rate mortgage," said Brian Modeste, Christensen's legislative director, during a phone interview Monday.
The $41.5 million should be disbursed to the territory around April 30 and the checks will then be distributed to V.I. taxpayers by the V.I. Internal Revenue Bureau, Christensen's spokeswoman Monique C. Watson said on Monday.

Celtics Game Tonight

When the Celtics win tonight, they will all be invited to look at www.stjohnvillarental.com to rent a vacation villa. This will be the best place on the internet to find villa rentals.

Patriots First Pick

The Patriots selected Mayo from Tennessee, and he will be outstanding, of course. Looks like they wanted him all along. I will rent him a villa if he wants.

The last blog of the four

Since this is always the last blog of the four, it is right about now that there is nothing to write about, so I simply fill it up with words like Cielomar, Caribsea, Bougainvillea, villa rentals, and sun sand beaches water Caribbean. That way, it gets full, and eventually has a lot of posts.

New England Patriots

The Patriots are about to draft some wicked good player and pay him a few million dollars a year to do something, but it might be a lot better to get someone lower in the ratings and pay a lot less. At least that's what they currently think. What do you think? Maybe someone on St John will write in from a villa and make a comment today. I think someone probably discovered that www.stjohnyachtclub.org is fifth in search engine rankings. Everyone knows this.

Blog Number Four

By the time we get to this one every day, the other blogs have received all the news, and it is time just to fill it up with some potrzebie. I bet that if I wanted to, I could make this optimized for poigt, axolotl, or potrzebie. But that would be silly, so I won't do it. Maybe I will go a full day without mention of st john villa rentals, but maybe not. I wonder how my search engine rankings are today. Will check them shortly.

Captain G. Piecost signing off.

st thomas today

Going to st thomas today for some shopping and then a night in the motel and then sending M off to Ohio so she can see relatives. No mention of anything here today. In another one, I will tell everyone about the Celtics.

Everyone Won Yesterday

The Celtics won yesterday to go ahead 1-0 in their series against Atlanta. Not very hard, since the Celtics were the best team in the whole nba, while the Hawks were the worst of all 16 of the playoff teams.

The Red Sox were behind 5-0, started rallying, and eventually won 6-5. A great rally for the lads.

They are all invited to use www.stjohnvillarental.com to rent villas on st john, but I think they are otherwise occupied for the next few months. Eventual World Serious for the Sox, and NBA Championships for the Celtics.

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Here is information about st john virgin islands villa rentals. You can take a vacation in st john, but you need to use either of thse websites to find a house or condo or villa to rent.

St. John Villa Rental
This is the best choice of all villa rentals.

St. John USVI Villa Rentals
Frank Bay Villas are perfect for st john vacations.

St. John Vacation Villa Rental
A villa on St John is very relaxing. Go to Cruz Bay or Coral Bay, or get something on the water with a view.

St. John Villa Rentals
Wedding or honeymoon? Try the wedding section, or the last-minute specials.

Sail your boat upon the sea

Time to go sailing, and the best place is on the british virgin islands. You might as well sail today, since it is nice and sunny here.

Red Sox Beat theteamthatsucks

Red Sox won 7-5 yesterday, with Manny Ramirez hitting two home runs. This has absolutely nothing at all to do with villa rentals on st john in the usvi, or vacation villas anywhere in the world, so I won't mention that the google rankings for www.stjohnvillarental.com and www.frankbayvillas.com should be better than they are. Maybe I will just add some more text and posts to this blog about villas and they will get better. Maybe not.

Nothing today again

This poor little blog will have to go through another day with no news in it about st john, usvi, the pretty island in the virgin islands.

St. Croix Triathlon

This was in The Source today, the Virgin Islands On-Line Newspaper.

(If you need a villa rental during your stay in St John, look at www.stjohnvillarental.com or www.frankbayvillas.com, and you can find villa rentals all over the place.)


High-Impact Sporting Event Has Big Impact on Crucian Economyby Bill Kossler

April 14, 2008 -- Two decades old and going strong, the 20th St. Croix Ironman 70.3 triathlon will bring business and international attention to St. Croix, but there is plenty of room for growth. One of the premier destination triathlons in the world, racers will wind through the island's waters and roadways May 4. Some 850 top athletes, their spouses, children, friends and supporters will soon descend upon the big island. Hotel rooms will fill. The Friday before the race, a Jump Up celebration will pack the streets, stores, bars and restaurants of Christiansted. The race definitely brings people and money to St. Croix, Race Director Tom Guthrie said in an interview Monday. But the benefits are difficult to quantify, and when numbers are given they are not very reliable, he said. ( Click for rest of article )
A D V E R T I S I N G : "All we know is it is safe to say we fill up the available rooms on St. Croix," he said. "And if we had more hotel rooms, we would have more participants." There are 100 more participants this year than last, Guthrie said, attributing the increase to more rooms at Divi Carina Bay Resort. The bump from last year results from unusual circumstances, not a dramatic trend, said Pat Henry, Divi's general manager. "I've always had rooms available," he said. "Last year was hurt a bit because Hovensa's turnaround filled a lot of rooms. So they changed their starting date to not take over everything available at that time. Hovensa needs to be commended for that." Whether growing exponentially or gradually, it is still a good thing, he said. "Is it a great event?" Henry said. "Yes. Does it fill every hotel room? I don't know. But it is a huge shot in the arm for us every May. ... With 850 athletes people pair up, so there are maybe 500 rooms rented. That's 50 percent of the hotel rooms on the island." The benefits come to businesses all over the island, but boost Christiansted the most. "It does not have a big impact out west," said Brian Mika, owner of Aqua West restaurant in Frederiksted. "We get one or two customers." He and others restaurateurs said restaurants on the Christiansted boardwalk see several good busy days. Hotels see a big spike, restaurants in the hotels do well and restaurants a bit further afield see a bump in sales; a few good but not necessarily extremely busy days. But these good days come at the tail end of the season, and are prized. Though the race is well established, Guthrie sees plenty of potential for growth. "Most Ironman competitions easily sell out at 2,000 participants," he said. "Our race is far more famous than other Ironman races -- because we've been around longer, for one reason." The visitors are a good demographic, too. "The Ironman athletes are professionals: doctors, lawyers and so on, typically with six-figure family incomes," he said. "This is the kind of visitors that St. Croix wants and needs." Guthrie sees this and other races as part of a package, a part of the branding of the island as a destination. "It is not just the Ironman," he said. "Along with Elizabeth Armstrong's Coral Reef swim from Buck Island in October and Wallace Williams' St. Croix International Marathon in January, they mark St. Croix as the endurance-sport island. ... We are trying to turn our events into an economic engine." This year's race has attracted some of the most highly respected and admired athletes in the field to participate: Simon Lessing, Craig Alexander, Faris al-Sultan, Mirinda Carfrae and Karen Smyers. Other noteworthy participants include Joanna Zeiger, Nina Kraft, Michael Lavato and Julie Dibbens. Many eyes will be on Alexander, who has become synonymous with the race. The Australian triathlete has placed first in three of the last five races, dating back to 2003. He did not race in 2005 and placed second in 2004. The race kicks off with a 1.24-mile swim around Christiansted Harbor. Next the competitors begin a demanding 56-mile bike ride that includes sharp turns, twisting roadways and the legendary "Beast," a 600-foot climb with a 14 to 18 percent grade. Finally, the triathletes run a 13.1-mile foot course. Round it up and you get the 70.3 miles of the course. As an affiliate of the Ironman World Championships, the St. Croix Ironman 70.3 Triathlon offers participating athletes a chance to fill 28 qualifying slots in the Hawaii Ironman, as well as 50 Ironman 70.3 World Championship spots. Additional information can be found at stcroixtriathlon.com or by calling (340) 773-4470.

This is the 37th Post in This Forum

In celebration of this forum getting its 37th post, equalling the other two, I am going to be very brief and mention www.stjohntravelforum.com and probably the st john yacht club website which is www.stjohnyachtclub.org, although google doesn't seem to be able to find the yacht club website yet. Maybe someday it will be found and will be number one in the search results for caribbean yacht clube.

New Post about www.stjohnyachtclub.org

The St. John Yacht Club in the Caribbean has a website called www.stjohnyachtclub.org, and this is the definitive yacht club website in the world. All about sailing and racing and social events.

Breakfast

You should go to breakfast today on st john at Donkey Diner. Advice for everybody is at www.stjohntravelforum.com, which lists villa rentals, villas, vacations, virgin islands, etc.

News from The Source about Energy Woes

From The Source -- Energy Woes Bring Congressional Hearing to St. Croixby Bill Kossler

Rep. Jim Costa (D-Cal.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources April 12, 2008 -- For the first time, the U.S. Congress convened a hearing Saturday in Frederiksted on St. Croix, in response to rising utility bills in the territory. They all should just visit www.stjohnvillarental.com and get a vacation villa rentals from www.frankbayvillas.com.
Flanked by Jim Costa (D-Cal.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, and subcommittee member Bill Schuster (R-Penn.), Delegate Donna M. Christensen (D-V.I.) chaired a joint hearing of the Energy and Insular Affairs subcommittees in the V.I. Legislature's Fritz Lawaetz Conference Room. It's true. You can look it up on www.google.com. They heard testimony from local utilities, regulatory agencies, local government offices, federal agencies and private industry on energy issues facing the U.S Virgin Islands and to a lesser extent, the other insular U.S. territories. "We are here because we are trying to face the challenges of being here," Costa said. "The utility rates here are the second highest in the U.S., second only to American Samoa." Virgin Islands representatives from the Energy Office, the Legislature, the Water and Power Authority and the Public Services Commission testified about efforts to move to alternative power and answered questions from Christensen and the two congressmen. Many of the local testifiers emphasized similar themes. "The only way the utility has been able to survive has been to impose unending increase on the ratepayers, in a way that is unsustainable," said Donald "Ducks" Cole, assistant chairman of the Public Services Committee. "Residents are paying more than 34 cents a kilowatt hour and rates above 40 cents are on the horizon. … Families of the poor and elderly simply cannot afford the increases in cost." Cole noted Virgin Islanders already consume less than half the electricity per capita than the U.S. average. "It is evident that we must establish a mechanism to finance the development, production and distribution of clean energy in the Virgin Islands," Senate President Usie Richards said. "Our territorial government, despite its willingness, does not possess the necessary capital to ascertain and retain clean, renewable and sustainable energy." WAPA Executive Director Hugo Hodge Jr. briefed the committee on the utility's recent efforts to move toward alternative power generation, increase plant efficiency and reduced consumption. Hodge also identified federal funds that should be available under the Energy Security Act of 2005, and suggested how they could best be used. "We would point to our potential development of an undersea connection between St. Thomas and St. Croix as a good example of a project that might be particularly appropriate," he said. The subcommittee looked at ocean thermal power generation, solar, wind, coal and burning municipal waste to generate energy. All had some potential as well as drawbacks. Ocean thermal is untested, but Sea Solar Power International, the company bidding to build such a plant, is willing to invest its own capital at its own risk. Solar has high start-up costs, but James Resor of groSolar said the costs are competitive if absorbed over the life of the system. Generating energy from municipal waste uses a readily available resource, local trash, and takes strain off local landfills, said Frazier Blaylock of Covanta Holding Corporation, a company that builds such plants. But Blaylock said the territory doesn’t produce quite enough trash to meet the ideal threshold for economies of scale. Christensen asked Nikolao Pula of the Interior Department if more funding from Interior was realistic. "Energy basically became a crisis in the last year or so," said Pula, Interior's acting deputy assistant secretary for insular affairs. "We need to really think seriously on focusing our limited resources on the crisis." That may help address the long-term problem, Christensen said, then asked what could be done in the short term. No one offered any form of immediate relief. A high point of the hearing came when Costa asked about Energy Department record keeping. "I notice the Department of Energy doesn't keep data like with the states," Costa said. "I mean you treat them almost like a foreign country. … It doesn't make sense to me, because these are our citizens we are talking about." The room burst into applause at this comment. Christensen said one reason for the hearing was to establish a record for Congress to use and refer to. She invited residents to submit testimony to her office and said the record will remain open for ten more days. Residents can call her St. Croix office at 778-5900, St. Thomas at 774-4408 and St. John at 776-1212 for more information.

Going away party tonight

We have to bring some mexican food to a going away pot luck party for Jan Trainor tonight. Yes, mexican. That is the theme. I am essentially doing a nothing post today in this forum just to fill it up. But who knows. Maybe it will become found by the search engines and indexed for the word Mexico, and then someone will find it and want to rent a villa. You know where to go for the villa rental, don't you. St. John.

American Airlines Still Flying to Virgin Islands

This is an article from today's The Source. Fortunately, www.stjohnvillarental.com will still get lots of visitors because American Airlines is still flying here. That is good. And let's not forget Frank Bay Villas either, www.frankbayvillas.com. No American Airlines Flight Cancellations in Virgin Islandsby Lynda Lohr
April 10, 2008 -- There are no canceled American Airlines flights to and from Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas and Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix because American does not use the problematic MD-80 airplanes in the territory, an airline spokeswoman said Thursday. American was forced to cancel 900 flights Thursday, the third day of cancellations necessary so it can inspect its MD-80 airplanes to comply with Federal Aviation Administration orders. The airline also does not fly MD-80s out of Miami, so passengers connecting there won't experience any problems either, spokeswoman Martha Pantin said. Cancellations elsewhere in the American system haven't caused any slowdowns at Miami International Airport, she said. However, passengers connecting through JFK International Airport in New York should check to make sure their connecting flight isn't one of the ones canceled. "By Saturday, we expect all the planes to be flying again," Pantin said. There were no cancellations at San Juan International Airport because MD80s don't fly to Puerto Rico, either. American Eagle, which flies from St. Thomas and St. Croix to San Juan, also does not use MD-80s. Customers scheduled on a canceled flight may request a full refund or apply the value of their ticket to future travel on American, according to American's website. Additionally, customers scheduled to travel on any MD-80 flight from April 8 through 11, even if their flight was not canceled, may rebook without a change fee to any AA flight with availability in the same cabin as long as their travel begins by April 17. Published reports indicate the airline canceled 2,400 flights since Tuesday. It was the second cancellation in two weeks. American had to cancel flights the second time because the FAA said it didn't comply with its original orders. "We've been working in good faith to ensure that we are in complete compliance with this airworthiness directive," said Gerard Arpey, chairman and chief executive officer of American Airlines, according to a news release on the airline's website. "We regret and apologize that we are once again causing inconvenience to our customers, but we will continue to work in good faith until we satisfy all of the technical issues related to this airworthiness directive." The issue relates to wiring in the airplane's wheel wells. The FAA raised additional concerns about the recent inspection of American's aircraft, and the manner in which American followed the engineering change order written for the airworthiness directive related to the wiring in the MD-80s' wheel wells, according to the release. Specifically, some areas of concern included the spacing of the ties on the wiring bundle and the direction in which the retention clips and lacing cords were facing. Published reports indicate the FAA was concerned that frayed wiring could allow arcing, which in turn could ignite a fire in nearby fuel tanks.

Chauncey the cat

Chauncey did nothing again yesterday, so I won't even mention him. I imagine the same will occur again today. He'll do nothing, and I won't mention him again. He and Henry the lap cat are good at sleeping.

St. John Yacht Club News

Form The Source today -- about Earth Day Activities on St. John. This has absolutely nothing to do with www.stjohnyachtclub.org, the St. John Yacht Club.

Earth Day Coming Early with Presentation Based on 'An Inconvenient Truth'by Lynda Lohr
April 8, 2008 -- Earth Day, usually celebrated April 22, begins early this year with a presentation of Al Gore's slide show on climate change drawn from his Academy Award-winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth." Kent Taylor, who was trained by Gore and his Climate Project and who has made several presentations on St. John, will make the presentation, which begins at 7 p.m. Friday at the St. John School of the Arts. The Friends of V.I. National Park on St. John are sponsoring the event. Activities continue from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday with the Friends' annual Earth Day Environmental Fair. It will be held at the ballfield adjacent to the National Park Visitors' Center. "It's a very fun environment," said Kristen Maize, the Friends program manager. The fair is free and open to the public. The event includes hands-on eco-activities, environmental and recycling demonstrations, and science and "earth art" exhibits. Participants can learn about alternative energies and landscaping with native plants, participate in simulated archeology digs, as well as view other demonstrations. There will be new exhibitors this year, including educational outreach coordinators from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Coastal Zone Management program and the V.I. Energy Office, Maize said. www.stjohnvillarental.com. There will be live music and snacks and goodies for kids. All St. John schools have been invited to attend. The Friends are able to have the educational outreach coordinators participate because the island's Earth Day is earlier than celebrations on other islands, Maize said. In other years they had conflicting commitments. The date change was made because Gifft Hill School on St. John was on spring break the week of April 22. "And it was a day that worked for all schools on St. John," she said. The list of schools expected to attend includes public and private schools. On April 19 and 20, participants in the Friends' Adopt-A-Beach/Trail program will remove debris from their adopted beach/trail as part of an island-wide cleanup. The Adopt-A-Beach/Trail program encourages volunteer groups to adopt a site and become responsible for keeping it clean. If you are interested in participating in Earth Day, adopting a beach/trail or joining the Friends for a beach cleanup of Drunk Bay April 19, contact the Friends at 779-4940.

www.stjohntravelforum.com

The st john travel forum and villa rental website is number one on google for loads of search terms. When you search, you always get www.stjohntravelforum.com, which is really good because then you can look things up. Captain G. Piecost says that everyone should look here for things because it has a list of st john attractions and villa rentals and cruz bay and coral bay villas.

Nothing today

Nothing today except a little potrzebie to add to the blog. So here is the potrzebie.

Potrzebie.

That's the end of the blog for today.

Sailing in the Caribbean

The St John Yacht Club website is www.stjohnyachtclub.org, and you can learn all about sailing in the Caribbean. Sailboat races, parties, social news, boats, etc.

Front Page of Frank Bay Villas

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The best sunset beach on St. John
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Azul de Mar
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Star Villas
Villa Cielomar
Sunset view of Frank Bay from a villa deck
The Frank Bay Villas are on the far left. On the quiet side of a small hill just outside of Cruz Bay.
The blue Caribbean is in sight everywhere in this section.
We have two "streets". Speed limit 10, and drive on the left.
Flowering shrubs and trees are always in bloom.
Caribbean colors, flowering bushes, and views everywhere.
One of our brilliant flamboyant trees, with bougainvillea underneath.
St. John's best art studio is located right on Frank Bay.
Frank Bay Beach looking towards St. Thomas and numerous small Cays.
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The St. John Travel Forum was founded August 20, 2007, by a small group of people who know and love St. John, and who wish to share their knowledge with everyone. It is intended to be the internet's most complete collection of information about St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Inside you will find numerous articles about St. John. Topics include where to shop, water sports, boat charters, our beautiful beaches, the Virgin Islands National Park, weddings (officiants, jewelry, florists, even cakes), webcams, restaurants, activities, where to find just about anything. You can get the ferry schedule, read a trip report, or see a photo gallery. If you need to find churches, ATMs, books, newspapers, or the weather report, you can locate the information in the St. John USVI Travel Forum. You can enter the 8 Tuff Miles Road Race from here. Or look at a live webcam of Foxy's Restaurant on Jost Van Dyke. The restaurant section that we compiled is the most complete of any we have found on internet. Listed by location and price, with phone numbers and links to websites when available. We even list the places to get pizza. And as the Travel Forum gets more and more people registered and doing posts, you will have multiple restaurant reviews available at your fingertips. The same is true of villa rentals. We are planning to have a complete list of available rental villas, organized by size and location. Cottages, small rental villas, large rental villas, Eco-tents, even Caneel and the Westin hotels. Multiple photos of each property, full descriptions, prices, and links to the availability calendars. You will be able to find the perfect villa for your next trip, and send an inquiry right from the Travel Forum. And there will be an ever-growing number of reviews, located in the same section as the villa descriptions, so you won't have to hunt all over internet for information. Click here for St. John Travel Forum, complete information about St. John.
Wedding or Honeymoon on St. John
Thinking of getting married on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands? Good choice! Many happy couples do this. In fact, our wedding officiates and wedding planners are always very busy. Your St. John Wedding can be on a beach or a boat, in a church, or in a luxury villa. Any size ceremony. Two people to hundreds. Here are some tips: 1st, the Marriage is legal and is recognized in the US since St. John is part of the US. All of the paper work and marriage application can be done by mail prior to your arrival in the Virgin Islands. You must send a certified check or money order made out to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands for the Application Fee of $50 and License Fee of $50. There is no residency requirement – but you do need to have your application for a license in the court 8 working days prior to your wedding date. There is an 8-day waiting day waiver, if for some reason you cannot get your paperwork in 8 days prior to the wedding date. If you plan to arrive in the Virgin Islands any day M-F, you can stop at the court after you arrive on St Thomas. It is open from 8-5 M-F and 10-12 noon on Sat. Tell the taxi driver at the airport this is what you want to do. Once you submit your documents to the court with your marriage application -- express mail is best -- call them prior to your arrival to ensure they have received the application. The ladies at the court are efficient and process many, many applications. Go to the St. John Travel Forum below to get information about Wedding Officiants, Wedding Planners, Wedding Flowers, Wedding Jewelry, Wedding Cakes, Wedding Photography. Everything you need to know about getting married on St. John. Click on the "Weddings" Category.

Villas

Villas for rental on St. John. Yes, we have them. But not today. Today is a day to do nothing except put silly stuff in the blogs. Maybe eventually there will be meaningful stuff, but certainly not today. If the Virgin Islands were the vacation spot of your dreams, you would read about them in http://www.stjohnvillarental.com/, but I am not going to mention that website today. You can hunt for it in google if you want, but you can also look at http://www.frankbayvillas.com/ and essentially get the same information, since it refers you to Villa Rental.

Property Tax Suit (from The Source)

This was in The Source today. If you like it, go to www.stjohnvillarental.com and rent a st john villa.

St. John Group Files Suit Over Property-Tax Revaluationby Lynda Lohr
April 2, 2008 -- The St. John Unity Day Group filed a suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court essentially asking the Tax Assessor's Office to start over with its property-revaluation process and not assess or collect taxes until the situation gets resolved. "Our assessments were too high on St. John," said Unity Group member Lorelei Monsanto. The group, along with many other St. John residents, tried to get the government to do something about a situation that many fear will force St. John residents out of their homes and off their land. "Nobody was hearing us, so we had to do the next step," she said. While residents throughout the territory had their properties revalued, those on St. John face revaluations and tax bills that in many cases far exceeded those of property tax payers on other islands. Government House spokesman Jean Greaux said Wednesday he hadn't seen the suit, so he couldn't comment on specifics. However, he said the administration is addressing the St. John residents' concerns and is working on a plan to help alleviate the problem. "We're trying to get some happy medium," Greaux said. The Unity Day Group raised funds from a broad cross-section of St. John residents to hire Attorney James Derr to file the suit. The group does not want to make public the amount of money it raised, Monsanto said. Derr was instrumental in filing the case that sparked the entire revaluation process. Years ago he filed a case in District Court for a group of St. Thomas business owners who said the government unfairly taxes businesses in a different way than residential properties. The 2000 settlement eventually resulted in the court-ordered property revaluation, but residents continued to pay property taxes based on the 1998 values until the revaluation was complete and District Court's "special master" signed off on the case. That case -- usually referred to as the Berne case after one of the principals in the suit -- is now nearing completion, but the special master has not yet certified the revaluation. The situation took another turn when the Senate passed its version of Gov. John deJongh Jr.'s tax bill that assesses residential and commercial properties, as well as land and timeshares, at different rates. When the governor announced March 10 that he had signed the bill, he said he had "instructed the government's lawyers to file all appropriate motions necessary to expedite the lifting of the court's injunction on the issuance of real property-tax bills at the earliest possible date so that the bills can be issued, the taxes collected, and the disruption of both government services and payroll avoided." However, the bills can't go out until the special master gives his approval. The suit claims that because the revaluation process was so flawed and fundamentally erroneous, similar properties on all three islands were assessed at wildly different amounts. Therefore, the owners will pay unequal taxes. The suit indicates that the company hired to do the revaluation, Bearing Point, used different formulas and cost figures for St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John. In August 2007, figures obtained from Bearing Point by the Coral Bay Community Council indicated that St. John's base rate for houses stands at $360 per square foot. The St. Thomas rate was $93 a square foot. St. Croix's base rate stands at $89 a square foot. St. John land is valued at a base rate of $25.12 a square foot, while St. Thomas' is $7.41 a square foot and St. Croix's $2.78 a square foot. Numerous properties were not reassessed and people hired to collect the data were poorly trained, the suit claims. "As a result the data was gathered in a haphazard, inconsistent and arbitrary manner," the suit alleges. "Much of the data collected is erroneous and incorrect. Therefore, assessments based on said defective data is also erroneous and incorrect."

Red Sox Win Again, 2-1

The Red Sox won 2-1 yesterday, and we are all so proud of them we could bust. Maybe they will come to St. John in the Virgin Islands and rent some vacation villas, using www.frankbayvillas.com as the source website for finding the villas. Gotta clean a boat today and then take a ride in it.

A good day

Today is a good day to go for a sail on a sailboat and to look for info at www.stjohnyachtclub.org, the St. John Yacht Club.

Traveling to St. John in the future?

If so, take a peek at www.stjohntravelforum.com, which has everything you need to know about travel forums, trip advisors, and google search results, including last-minute specials, weddings, honeymoons, and villas to rent.

Sunday Hockey News

The Bruins won yesterday 4-0 and appear to be playoff bound. When they make it, I will invite them sailing. They will first visit www.stjohnyachtclub.org and find out about the St. John Yacht Club.

All about sailing in the Caribbean.

Frank Bay Villa Vacation Rentals St. John

If you are going to have a wedding or honeymoon or need a last-minute special rental on St. John, then you have to look at www.frankbayvillas.com to get all the info you need. Of course, this website realistically exists just to point people to www.stjohnvillarental.com, but so what. It is fun nevertheless and has good photos of rental villas.

Absolutely Nothing

Today is not a day to do anything, so I won't even mention st john. Can you believe Safari? Decorated with a Caribbean "flare"? What idiots. I put myself as the contact for them, because I think they are not in the villa rental market. Har har har har har har and a whole lot more hars.

Today's news about stuff.

Eventually, the St. John Yacht Club will appear on internet under the url www.stjohnyachtclub.org. This is the best yacht club website in the caribbean. Not as good as www.frankbayvillas.com or www.stjohntravelforum.com, but it is really good. Here is some info about the Rolex Regatta, published in The Source.


St. Thomas Yacht Club Makes Final Preparations for Rolex Regattaby Pamela Reid Bussard

Geoffroy Stephane and Ronan Kermoal of St. Barths prep their Nacra F18. (Photo by Pamela Reid Bussard.) March 26, 2008 -- Finishing touches to the headquarters of the International Rolex Regatta headquarters were well in hand Wednesday at the St. Thomas Yacht Club, a couple days before the start of the three-day race. About 45 or 50 visiting boats were already in Cowpet Bay, also undergoing final preparations for the annual Rolex Regatta. The club is "really happy with turnout" with more than 85 boats registered, and is especially pleased with the IRC turnout of around 15 boats, said William Canfield, STYC manager. IRC is a new rating rule, but is more popular in Europe. Significant because "it is the first time that we have a totally IRC class in the Caribbean," Canfield said. He continued, "We think this will be a great invitation for other boats coming down in the future, as IRC is the most popular rating system in the world." The Presidente Cup and the BVI Spring Regatta will also offer the class, according to the official regatta website. "We hope other regattas throughout the Caribbean will adopt the IRC class in the future and will give the foreign boats an IRC series throughout the region," Canfield said. Regatta competitors have a one-stop-shop awaiting them at STYC. "That's the nice thing about this regatta: You've got everything at your fingertips," Canfield said. "Breakfast, lunch, and dinner, an ATM, music and food, cases of water and beer." Earlier this week, regatta officials were concerned that there might be a shortage of ice because a local ice producer closed. (See "Freeze Out: Economics Drives St. Thomas Dairies Out of Ice-Making Business.") Canfield phoned around to other island businesses, and the community came through with offers of assistance. The club is "using a lot of ice from Bumbles, Eugene Smith and St. John Ice -- they all grabbed what they could for us, and two of the companies brought ice containers over," Canfield said. He continued, "Coral World really came through for us big time." Preparations have gone well, he said. And everyone is going to rent a St John Villa from www.stjohnvillarental.com.

"All the buoys and marks are ready," Canfield said. "The liquor and beer are already being chilled, and we're raring to go to really have a great show this year." STYC has parties scheduled Thursday through Sunday from 2:30 to 11 p.m., where sailors will hear live music from such acts as the Headline Band and One Blood. Many boats and crews from the Rolex fleet will stay on until early next week, when they will make their way to Tortola for next week's BVI Spring Regatta.

From the St. John Source today

Leapin' Lizards! Some See Boom in Iguana Populationby Lynda Lohr

An iguana at the Westin Resort and Villas. March 25, 2008 -- Rafe Boulon, who heads V.I. National Park's Resource Management Division, has seen a marked increase in the number of iguanas on St. John. "They're all over the place," he said. Boulon used to see them only in places like Chocolate Hole and Great Cruz Bay, but now he sees the big lizards at such unlikely places as the driveway at Trunk Bay. And they've been spotted crossing Centerline Road near Grunwald. Renata Platenberg, a biologist with the Fish and Wildlife Division of the Planning and Natural Resources Department, located on St. Thomas, isn't sure about the iguana situation on St. John, but said it's possible the numbers are rising. On St. Thomas, she said, they're everywhere. "I see them smooshed on the roads," she said. Females carrying eggs head for the roads because they're looking for a warm spot to heat up, Platenberg said. Frequent rainfalls during the winter increased the amount of foliage available for iguanas to eat, Boulon said. They're found in large numbers at the Westin Resort and Villas on St. John because of the lush landscaping at the resort, he said. Iguanas can move right into plant nurseries, Boulon said. Tourists often feed iguanas at St. Thomas restaurants and resorts, Platenberg said. Once the iguanas figured this out, they became permanent residents. "They like French fries," she said. Boulon also noted that a virus about 10 years ago reduced the mongoose population, which may have cut down on the number of predators attacking the baby iguanas. It's rare to see an iguana on St. Croix, said Planning spokesman Jamal Nielsen. Fewer Crucian sightings could mean they're not as welcome at St. Croix resorts as they are on St. Thomas and St. John, or that the island has more land for habitat, making them harder to spot, Platenberg said. Development on St. John could be pushing iguanas out of more remote areas so they're more easily visible, she acknowledged. "That's a good theory," Platenberg said. Iguanas are native to Central and South America, but no one knows when they arrived. "It's likely they were brought in as a food source, possibly by Amerindians," Platenberg said. "Or they might be more recent." In Puerto Rico, iguanas arrived about 50 years ago as pets, she said. While they're not dangerous, they will bite if provoked, she said. And iguanas can cause problems with walls. They dig under walls, Platenberg said, causing them to collapse.

4-bedroom vacation villas

Loads of 4-bedroom vacation villas on St. John, and you can find them at www.stjohnvillarental.com.

Yacht Club 1st page

The St. John Yacht Club was founded in 1972 by a group of adventurous St. Johnians who loved sailing. www.stjohnyachtclub.org


Charter members included:
Stu Brown
Cees DeGraaff
Jack Dammann
Bob & Joyce Leigh
Henry & Maia Mongie
Tommy & Frances Smith

And our first commodore
Bob Eaton

Over the past 36 years, the St. John Yacht Club has grown to about 80 family memberships, including full- and part-time residents. We are members of the United States Sailing Association, with full reciprocal privileges with yacht clubs all over the world.

Our Mission Statement (Section 2 of the St. John Yacht Club By Laws)
The purpose of the club is to encourage and promote the sport of yachting in the Virgin Islands; to provide a social outlet and bond for those who would follow the sea as an avocation and to provide the organization to give collective voice in support of measures and programs, the objective of which is the maintenance and protection of the marine environment of the Virgin Islands. The Club may also award scholarships for marine studies.

Each year we hold three or four regattas
Around St. John – Starts and ends near Cruz Bay
Duke's Trophy – Near Cruz Bay, around the Pillsbury Sound Cays
Island Hopper – Near Cruz Bay, around the Pillsbury Sound Cays
Commodore's Cup – Coral Bay, to benefit Kids And The Sea (KATS)

More information and race dates can be found in the "Race Schedule" section of this web site.
Boats/sailors from anywhere are welcome to participate in the regattas. Call the Race Chairman at 340-776-6101 for information.

Social Functions
The St. John Yacht Club tries to hold monthly Socials during the high season for its members and their guests. Look in the "Next Social Event" section of this web site for information on what is upcoming.

Visiting Yachtsmen
If you are on St. John during one of our Social Functions, we'd love to have you attend (space available). Please call the Commodore at 340-642-3360.

Membership
St. John Yacht Club always welcomes new members who share our love of St. John and sailing. Please call the Membership Chairman at 340-626-0135 for information about becoming a member.

Our Club Insignia – The Maltese Cross (see insignia above, info from Wikipedia)
The Maltese Cross is identified as the symbol of an order of Crustian warriors known as the Knights Hospitaller, or Knights of Malta. It was originally the symbol of Amalfi, a small Italian republic of the 11th century. The cross is eight-pointed and has the form of four "V"-shaped arms joined together at their bases, so that each arm has two points. Its design is based on crosses used since the First Crusade. The eight points are said to symbolize the chivalric virtues:
Loyalty
Piety
Frankness
Bravery
Glory and honour
Contempt of death
Helpfulness towards the poor and the sick
Respect for the church

Trip Advisor and Travel Forum

The st john travel forum is www.stjohntravelforum.com, and it contains a scoodlebikearoonie amount of information about st john in the virgin islands. Go there for a vacation villa rental.

www.stjohnyachtclub.org

It is time today to mention the St. John Yacht Club again. You can find everything at www.stjohnyachtclub.org.

Information for everybody

This is a lot of stuff to read.

All About The St. John Travel Forum
The St. John Travel Forum was founded August 20, 2007, by a small group of people who know and love St. John, and who wish to share their knowledge with everyone. It is intended to be the internet's most complete collection of information about St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Inside you will find numerous articles about St. John. Topics include where to shop, water sports, boat charters, our beautiful beaches, the Virgin Islands National Park, weddings (officiants, jewelry, florists, even cakes), webcams, restaurants, activities, where to find just about anything.
You can get the ferry schedule, read a trip report, or see a photo gallery.
If you need to find churches, ATMs, books, newspapers, or the weather report, you can locate the information in the St. John USVI Travel Forum.
You can enter the 8 Tuff Miles Road Race from here. Or look at a live webcam of Foxy's Restaurant on Jost Van Dyke.
The restaurant section that we compiled is the most complete of any we have found on the Internet. Listed by location and price, with phone numbers and links to websites when available. We even list the places to get pizza. And as the Travel Forum gets more and more people registered and doing posts, you will have multiple restaurant reviews available at your fingertips.
The same is true of villa rentals. We are planning to have a complete list of available rental villas, organized by size and location. Cottages, small rental villas, large rental villas, Eco-tents, even Caneel and the Westin hotels. Multiple photos of each property, full descriptions, prices, and links to the availability calendars. You will be able to find the perfect villa for your next trip, and send an inquiry right from the Travel Forum. And there will be an ever-growing number of reviews, located in the same section as the villa descriptions, so you won't have to hunt all over internet for information.
Anyone can read any article at any time. No need to Register or Log In. Just go to the Topic that you are interested in and click on it.
If you want to post something, follow these easy directions. First, click on "Register" (top right of the Home Page). Check the box that says you are at least 13 years old. Then enter User Name, Email Address, Password, and Confirmation Code. There are some optional fields at the bottom of this screen that are informational only. Note: you need to register just once. After you have registered, you can then Log In and use all functions of the Travel Forum.
You can post information, questions, or replies anywhere. Click on a Category (example: Accommodations -- Get Information or Write A Review). Then click on a Forum (example: Large Rental Villas). To Post a Reply to an existing Topic, first click on that Topic to open it, then click on "Post Reply." To create a new Topic, click on "New Topic."
There are many different categories. Please try to find an appropriate place for any postings. If you are doing a restaurant review, for example, see if there already is a topic created for that restaurant. If so, then click on the topic to open it, and select "Post Reply." Otherwise, click on "New Topic."
If you have any difficulties with anything, send an email to stjohntravelinfo@aol.com. If you think something should be included that is not here, please send us an email. We will get back to you as soon as possible, hopefully within 1-2 business days.
The St. John Travel Forum is for people who have traveled to St. John, or who are planning a future trip. We hope that you will enjoy using it as much as we have enjoyed creating it. This is truly a beautiful little island, and we want you to come visit. Whether you come here once or many times, we know you will enjoy your experience, and we hope that the St. John Travel Forum will supply you with all the information you need.
If you own a St. John business that is tourism-related, and would like to be listed on the St. John Travel Forum, send an email to stjohntravelinfo@aol.com.
Any posts which have content that the Forum Administration judges to be offensive, overly critical, or inappropriate in any way will be removed.
Our Webmaster is the world-famous Ultmast, who loves St. John, but is now in Costa Mesa, California, running the internet business of a multi-million dollar enterprise. In his spare time, he plays soccer and is on the United States Masters Ultimate Frisbee Team, going to the World Championships this coming December. Naturally, he is a Red Sox and Patriots fan, like his younger brother and father.
The website is professionally optimized, and just 45 days into its existence made the first page of almost all search engine results.
The Forum Administrator was hired on August 27, 2007, a 7-year St. John resident. Another Red Sox and Patriots fan. He lives in Upper Carolina, 600 feet above Coral Bay Harbor, and can look at the warm Caribbean any time all day from his little "office" in the woods. His beautiful wife gives him all the inspiration he needs.

A lot of text about St. John

St John Villa Rental USVI Pool Wedding Honeymoon Frank Bay
Frank Bay Villas -- Nature a Sure Lure for Visitors to St. John
This text is also in St. John Villa Rental. If the characteristic personality of each United States Virgin Island could be captured in a word, the flurry of activity, premier resorts and world-class shopping districts of St. Thomas would likely bring "energetic" to mind. Considering its rolling green hills dotted with centuries-old sugar mill ruins and the Danish-inspired architecture of its two towns, "historic" aptly describes a more quiet St. Croix. But what word best describes the 11,560 acres of largely undeveloped sparkling beaches, private lagoons, nature trails and lush foliage that both complement these two larger sister islands and complete this beautiful Caribbean trio? It is "serene," and that is the hallmark of the island of St. John.
Just a 45-minute boat ride from St. Thomas' Charlotte Amalie, this smallest of the three U.S. Virgin Islands was once a thriving agricultural society established in the early 1700s by Danish settlers attracted by the island's lucrative prospects of cultivating sugar cane. More than 100 cotton and sugar plantations flourished throughout all three U.S. Virgin Islands during the 18th and 19th centuries, but the emancipation of slaves in 1848 led to the plantations' eventual decline. What remain are the ruins of St. John's now-famous Annaberg Sugar Mill and other smaller plantations.
Once known for its sugar cane and farming industries, St. John today is recognized for its pristine beaches and conservation-minded residents who dedicate themselves to preserving the island's natural and cultural resources. Diminutive in size but not in natural splendor, this 19-square-mile island offers a glimpse of what life is like unfettered by commercial development and the trappings of a more modern lifestyle. Since philanthropist Laurence Rockefeller deeded two-thirds of the island - plus 5,000 offshore acres - to the federal government as national park land more than 40 years ago, St. John has retained a tranquil, unspoiled beauty that leaves visitors vowing to return for a longer stay.
For a vacationer with a mind to escape life's faster pace, there is snorkeling, scuba diving and sailing on St. John's calm, clear waters, and sunning on one lovely beach after the next. More than one-third of the national park land is underwater and home to brilliantly-hued coral reefs, plant life and tropical fish. Some of the best snorkeling in the Caribbean is at Trunk Bay, where an underwater trail with submerged markers leads visitors on a fascinating journey amidst the island's colorful marine life.
Coming ashore to soak in what St. John most abundantly affords visitors - peace and quiet in the realm of gorgeous scenery - vacationers have 40 numerous beaches on which to spread their towels for an uninterrupted day in the sun. Beginning at the island's western end, three of St. John's most famous beaches are strung together, fringed with tropical palms and sea grape trees. Hawksnest, Trunk and Cinnamon Bay beaches are likely to be the most crowded of St. John's sunning spots, but only relatively-speaking, considering the privacy and seclusion offered by the island's countless other bays and cays.
Maho and Francis bays and Watelemon Cay are just a few more of the beaches encountered as visitors continue eastward along St. John's gently curving coastline. Powdered with sugary-white sand, the beach at Leinster Bay is a haven for those seeking the solace of a more private, sunny retreat. When not soaking up the sun's rays, vacationers can swim in the bay's shallow waters and snorkel in the company of an occasional turtle and stingray among spectacular, colorful coral.
Vacationers who don't take to the sea for recreation or spend day after day on the beach may instead choose to explore any of the 22 self-guided nature trails managed by the National Park Service. In sharp contrast to its white sand beaches, St. John's woodland trails wind through subtropical vegetation, keeping determined hikers occupied for miles - and hours - at a time. The three-mile Reef Bay Hike, offered by the National Park Service, leads nature enthusiasts past ancient Arawak Indian carvings called petroglyphs.
After touring the island on foot, visitors may also choose to wind their way along the island's scenic but narrow roads in a rented car or jeep, making sure to drive on the left as is the law in the USVI. Or, for those not interested in exploring the island on their own, two-hour safari bus tours, colorfully narrated by guides full of both West Indian folklore and first-hand knowledge of the island, take visitors to key observation points around the island.
After taking any one or all of these numerous forays into St. John's flora and fauna, visitors to the island still should save time to explore Cruz Bay, once a bustling port serving the sugar and rum industries and now home to most of the island's residents. Here, visitors won't find fast-food chains, discos or movie theaters; rather, an eclectic mix of interesting boutiques, art galleries, bars and fine restaurants populate what's considered the island's social and business center. Just north of Cruz Bay, vacationers will find one of the prettiest shopping areas in the Caribbean, Mongoose Junction. Cruz Bay is also home to Wharfside Village, another shopping area in town located right on the beach. Both Mongoose Junction and Wharfside Village offer everything from funky local crafts and fashions to elegant jewels and exotic imports.
Valued by many for the slower pace it affords its visitors, St. John has everything to offer in terms of rest, relaxation and recreation. Whether coming to this tiny island for sunning, snorkeling, or even shopping, vacationers will find ample opportunities to enjoy all three and more on St. John.
Information from US Virgin Islands website

Where to rent villas on St. John USVI

Rental villas on St. John USVI, or vacation villas, are all listed at this incredible website that everyone is using -- www.stjohnvillarental.com.

Perhaps I should list my tree house there, except the tree house is not built yet and will sleep just two people barely, and may have electricity (one double outlet) that will be used for a lamp and to blow up an air mattress.

But it will be a good place to find villa rentals.

Celtics Win 1st of 4 games on road trip

Yes, that little cute old guy Sam Cassell got a 3-pointer in the last minute of play as the Celtics won the first of their 4-game road trip in San Antonio. Therefore, they can all come to a st john villa rental if they click on www.stjohnvillarental.com.

Travel forums

When you have your own travel forum, you can rent st john villas from it. Or do anything else you want.

Here's a villa list

If you are staying on St. John, you should rent a villa. www.stjohnvillarental.com includes the following vacation rentals.

1-Bedroom Villas – Apartment Suite Dreams, Azul de Mar, Bananaquit, Bougainvillea, Captain's Cabin, Caribsea, Caribsurf, Catch n Keep, Coconut Coast, Coral and Blue, Coral Dream, Far Horizons, Fishbone Cottage, Garden By The Sea, Hillcrest Guest House, In Harmony Retreat, Lavender Hill Suites, Meritage Cottage, Papaya Moon, Siempre Azul, Star Villas, Tranquility, Trinidad Charlie Eco Cottages, Valley View, Windcrest.

2-Bedroom Villas – Blue Tang, Cameron Cove, Caneel Trailside Cottage, Carnival Beach House, Castle St. John, Coconut Coast, Daffodil Villa, Hibiscus Gardens, Horizons Cottage, Kamabesu, Lavender Hill Suites, Louisenhoj, Luna Vista, Mystic Ridge, Panacea, Sea Turtle Villa, SeaCruz, Star Villas, Starlit Escape, Tradewinds Cottage, Villa Cielomar, Windcrest.

3-Bedroom Villas – Allesandra, Andante by the Sea, Blue Palm Villa, Cari-beana Villa, ChocoCruz, Cinnamon Stones, Idyllic Villa, Odessa, Rendezvous By The Sea, Safari, Serenity, Still Waters, Villa Mollo.

4-Bedroom Villas – Acqua Blu, Amani, Blue Skies, Chateau La Tete Rouge, Fish Bay Hideaway, Meritage Great House, Rendezview, Sea Turtle Villa, Sol Inclination, Villa Claudia, Villa Colorado, Villa Venturoso.

5-Bedroom Villas – Crystal Seaview, Kismet, Mystic Ridge, Peter Bay Beach House, Starlit Escape.

6-Bedroom Villas – Villa Tesori, Chateau Margot, Great Expectations, Villa Paulette.

Yacht Club

The St. John Yacht Club is going to have a party. You can check it out at www.stjohnyachtclub.org, a website that the beloved Captain G. Piecost created. It is mentioned in the st john travel forum, www.stjohntravelforum.com, which contains lots of stuff about vacation villa rentals on st john in the virgin islands.

Weather

Today on St. John, the weather is ideal. That is a good thing, because with ideal weather all the time, people can come visit and see the whole island without getting rained on. And they should stay at one of the vacation villa rentals that can be found at www.stjohnvillarental.com. That would make everyone happy.

Google Page Rank

Eventually there will be a better google page rank for this blog. I think it will be good in about a month. I hope so.

Friday news

Tonight it is time for a lobster cookout at Mary's. So we are all going there. The lobsters, of course, all come from Boston. Home of the Celtics, Bruins, Patriots, and Red Sox, world champions all.

Be good everyone, and visit St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands.