In the late sixties Dick Avery started a brainless boating business in Frenchtown in Long Bay at St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands. Another name for it was bareboating. It was an accurate description because boy, were they “barebrained!” Not that the boats weren’t basically equipped – head, two-burner stove, bunks, etc. But many of … Continue reading Cruising Tales: Brainless Boating Invades the US Virgin Islands