Happy New Year

Posted on: January 6, 2010

Well, just like the rest of you, Ian and I are recovering from the holiday season.  Christmas and New Years are two very important weeks in the charter business. Not only is this a vacation for the guests, it is also their Christmas or New Year celebration. The fact that they chose to celebrate with us aboard Yes Dear is a very large compliment and one that we do not take lightly. Both of our groups had been to the BVI several times. This fact is normally an added anxiety for Ian and I. The dilemma of how to give your  guests a whole new vacation in a place they had been to upwards of 8 times always seems a challenge. Luckily, the BVI is full of endless options for adventure above and below the water.

Ian had been very busy right up until 24 hours before the Christmas charter arrived getting his Dive Master completed (yay, Ian) so hoped he would be rested for two groups who told him, specfically, “make sure you rest up as our ‘kids’ will tire you out”.   Both groups consisted of several 20 somethings who planned on exlporing the night life. And that they did.

Santa found Yes Dear in North Sound on Christmas Eve so everyone had a little gift or two to open on Christmas morning.  Yes Dear even got a Starbucks espresso machine and and Ice Cream Maker!  We experimented with the espresso machine, however yesterday was the first chance we had to get the ice cream maker out.  It’s amazing how sugar, cream and vanilla can taste so good when frozen. So two goals to accomplish over the next couple of weeks…1)learn to use the espresso machine better 2)come up with a trio of sorbets that I would like to serve on charter. Oh, what a tough job we have.