LLEWELLYN’S CHARTER, INC.

My family has been sailing to Buck Island with Llewelyn since 1974. I was 6 years old, so 47 years and counting! (We’ll be back to St. Croix in June 2020). He taught all of us how to snorkel. Three generations! He is incredibly skilled at sailing- best on the island. In the 70’s and 80’s, the captains would all race each other to Buck Island. He always gave them a head start but beat them anyway! In 2018, we went out with him for my 50th birthday and he taught some friends how to snorkel. Dave was great too! Very friendly and led us on our snorkel adventure. For years, we would go hear Llewelyn sing too! Calypso. At the Beach Hotel (now the Divi Divi), he and his band would play at Christmas. My sister and I would go up to him on stage and ask him to sing Feliz Navidad or Three Little Birds by Bob Marley. To sail with Llewelyn is truly a treasure. He knows everything about the island, everything about snorkeling, fishing and Buck Island! I caught my first tuna and barracuda ...

I love sailing with Lew. He is the real deal. No motor boating here folks. A true Caribbean sailor. We have been to St. Croix about five times and we always chose Lewellyn's Charter.

We enjoyed these guys. Llewellyn is the captain. He doesn’t have as much patience with inexperienced people, but he was funny. My mom was scared to get in the water, and he just kept telling her she had to do it. But the other guy David was super laid back. He made our trip very enjoyable. He was very patient trying to teach mom to snorkel when she was afraid to put her face in the water. We paid for a full day out to Buck Island. It was the same price as the other companies. You didn’t get the perk of rum punch or all you can eat food, but we didn’t want those anyway. For as much as you are in the sun, you should have water, which he provided. We packed our lunch so we got just what we wanted. And there were six in our group and that’s all he takes on his boat. It was so nice to not have 50 people all snorkeling at the same time. We got there first so we had the water almost to ourselves for a bit. And they didn’t rush us to get back on the boat. We decided to go back a little earl...