January 2012
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A New Year
It is always encouraging, from an industry standpoint, that on a weekly basis new Captains and potential yacht owners continue to contact our office to inquire about starting a new charter yacht business here in our little part of paradise. For myself, I see this as a reassuring economic indicator that the charter industry continues to thrive despite the economic challenges felt abroad and here at...
May 2011
3 posts
St Thomas Fall Yacht Show 2011 →
Cast Away...
Some subscribe to “the glass is half full” theory. I tend to take the positive stance that it is half full and waiting for me to fill it up on my own, just as full as I care to make it.
Visitors from around the world flock to the U.S. Virgin Islands on a yearly basis to enjoy the cool tropical breezes, the perfect sunrise and sunsets and the warm Caribbean hospitality that much to the disbelief...
Life is Better by Boat...
Whether your tastes vary shopping to dining out, there is a long list of water based activities ranging from waterside cocktails at a favorite marina, to barbeque restaurant access on the waterfront to an evening of leisure found under the stars at a drive-in movie theater. Traveling along the various inlets, marinas and waterfronts of St Thomas by boat can provide you and your guests, friends and...
April 2010
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I Like My Radio Wet
In November of 2008, I approached Ackley Media Group (www.amg.vi) Operations Director Scott Brake with the idea of a much needed Marine Community Talk Show, featuring a different guest each show and a call-in format to illicit questions and comments from the listening marine realated public.
(L-R Your Host Erik Ackerson and frequent guest Duanne Hausch,owner of Admiralty Dive Center Inc....
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The Ocean Doctor is "On the Water"
I am constantly amazed by the world wide collection of talent and vision that pass through our tiny collection of islands here in the U.S.Virgin Islands.
This morning I had the pleasure to host Dr. David Googenheim,Senior fellow at the Ocean Foundation on my radio program “On the Water”. Dr. Googenheim is known the world over as the Ocean Doctor. A major contributor to Google...