Chief Stew is your AI planning assistant for bareboat charters. Describe your trip and it builds a day-by-day itinerary grounded in real wind data — so the long passages run downwind, not upwind — then coordinates your crew and watches the forecast for you.
Feb 22 – 28 · Lagoon 47 · 4 crew
Charter check-in & boat briefing
Pick up at Village Cay Marina. Complete inventory, safety briefing, and chart review.
Sail to Norman Island
8 nm south through Sir Francis Drake Channel. Mooring: $30/night.
Snorkel The Caves
Swim into the sea caves at Treasure Point. Excellent snorkeling with fish and coral.
Pirates Bight Restaurant ★ 4.3
Dinner on the beach. Great rum punch and grilled lobster.
Every passage is grounded in real wind data — worldwide, no setup. ChiefStew reads the forecast near departure and typical climate further out, then shows you the point of sail for each leg so you know whether you're reaching, running, or beating before you ever leave the dock.
≈15 kt E · 14 nm · broad reach — longest passage of the week, and it's downwind.
For a round trip, the win isn't avoiding upwind — it's putting the longest passages downwind. ChiefStew scores candidate route directions by wind and shows you which one sails best.
Longest passage downwind · 0 upwind legs · 82% favorable
3 upwind legs · 54% favorable
Pick a route and Chief Stew rebuilds the plan for your review — nothing changes until you confirm.
Describe your trip in plain English. Chief Stew, your AI assistant, builds a complete day-by-day itinerary with anchorages, restaurants, activities, and wind-aware passage planning.
It interviews your crew to learn everyone's preferences, then personalizes the plan so every day has something for everyone. Ask it to adjust anything — it works through changes with you and waits for your go-ahead.
Welcome! Tell me about your charter trip — where are you sailing, when, and who's coming?
We're doing a week in the BVI starting Feb 22. Four of us on a Lagoon 47 — me as captain, my wife Sarah, and our friends Jake and Emma.
Great — a 7-day BVI trip on a Lagoon 47! I'll route it to keep your longest passages downwind. Any must-sees? And should I send crew questionnaires to learn everyone's preferences?
Definitely The Baths and Soggy Dollar. Yes, send the crew questionnaires!
Sail to Anegada
14 nm across open water. Navigate the Anegada reef approach carefully. Anchor: Setting Point (free).
Loblolly Bay Beach
Best beach in the BVI. Crystal-clear water, snorkeling right off the sand.
Lobster Trap Restaurant ★ 4.5
Famous Anegada lobster dinner. Fresh-caught, grilled to order. Reservation recommended.
Crew highlights for today
Sarah — Vegetarian option noted at Lobster Trap (grilled mahi-mahi)
Jake — Paddleboarding at Loblolly Bay (gear on board)
Emma — Flamingo colony birdwatching at the west end
Every day planned with stops, passage distances, mooring costs, and crew-personalized highlights — each leg tagged with its wind and point of sail. Expand any day to see the full schedule.
An interactive map plots your whole route, from pickup to final anchorage, with a wind arrow on every passage. Export the trip to PDF or CSV for offline reference on the water.
Invite your crew with a link. AI interviews each member to learn preferences — dietary restrictions, allergies, interests, activity levels.
Everything is tracked so the itinerary reflects what everyone actually wants.
Experienced bareboat captain. Loves exploring new anchorages.
Avid snorkeler and yoga enthusiast. Loves discovering local cuisine.
Teenager who loves water sports and non-stop adventure.
Photographer and birdwatcher with a passion for history.
Auto-generated from your itinerary. Compliance scanning flags what you need for your route — customs forms, cruising permits, park fees.
Assign items to crew with due dates. Dietary needs and allergy accommodations are built right in from crew profiles.
Digital logbook with passage tracking. Log weather, sea state, crew on watch. Running totals for nautical miles, hours at sea, and night passages.
Export for your records — build your sea time log over multiple trips.
North Sound → Anegada
Departed Bitter End 0800. Crossed the Dog Islands passage with 15kt easterlies and 1m swell on beam. Picked up Anegada on radar at 8nm. Anchored Setting Point 1100. Excellent visibility for reef approach.
Virgin Gorda → North Sound
Forecast changed for Fri, Feb 27
North Sound → Anegada now shows 28 kt gusts from the NE on an exposed passage — a beat the whole way. Chief Stew can delay departure, reef, or reroute through sheltered water.
Weather alert for BVI Week 2026: strong NE wind building Friday on your Anegada passage. Open the app to review your options.
ChiefStew keeps watching the forecast after you've planned. When conditions on an upcoming passage turn dangerous — a sudden strong wind, a passage that flips to a hard beat — it sends you a heads-up by SMS and email.
Then Chief Stew proposes fixes: delay the departure, reef, or take a sheltered route. You stay in command — nothing on your itinerary changes until you approve it. Turn alerts on or off any time.
Tap a stop and Chief Stew researches the harbour in real time: the VHF channel to call, how to enter and what to watch for, mooring options, and how to reserve a berth — with the sources it used, so you can verify.
For restaurants and marinas it pulls the phone, website, hours, and rating — tap to call or book. Recommendations are tuned to your crew's taste, so you get the right spots, not the same canned list everyone else gets.
Port guide — Hvar Town
VHF: Channel 17 (marina), 16 calling/distress
Entering: Approach from the north via the Hvar Channel; harbour is open and exposed to southerlies.
Reservations: Town quay is first-come, first-served — arrive early in season.
Hazards: Pakleni Islands shoals to the SW; heavy ferry traffic; Sirocco swell in the harbour.
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Konoba Menego
Traditional Dalmatian konoba
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