Small Vessel Reporting System SVRS
West End/Soper's Hole, Tortola, BVI to Hansen Bay, St. John, USVI. There are a few more things to consider before departing the US besides just making sure your passport is up to date. (However, these things can also be accomplished while in Puerto Rico or USVI, if you're willing to brave government bureaucracy in island time). This blog is based on our experiences in the Virgin Islands. We needed to clear customs after departing the BVI's and upon arriving in St John, USVI. That would usually mean a stop in Cruz Bay. However, before we left the US, we enrolled in the voluntary and free SVRS program. This has allowed us to arrive at ports that aren't necessarily Ports of Entry ie. from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Real, Puerto Rico (POE is Mayaguez) and St. Croix to the south side of Vieques, Puerto Rico (duty-free US port to US port). Of course, they can still require us to come into the office which, hopefully, is just a cab ride. Each per...