< When we took "the Horse" back to the States we did a 3-day rhumbline from Boca del Monos to Cruz Bay, St. John. There, we checked in with US Immigration, overnighted and exactly 7 days later on the rhumbline we made landfall at Beaufort, NC. > Clearing in the USVI only clears you through Immigration for the rest of the US, not Customs. The USVI is a separate Customs territory, being duty free, and you still have to clear again if entering any other parts of the US. We have to do this when going from USVI to Puerto Rico and it doesn't matter the registration nor citizenship; you can call if you have a pass number, but you still have to contact Customs. Depending on how much your boat rolls when the seas get aft of the beam, you may want to exit the Caribbean farther west, so the trip from wherever to Turks & Caicos isn't so much down wind. If the breeze is north of east, you can get quite far west keeping the seas on a comfortable angle, often making the Mona Passage from the north end of Dominica, clearing into the US in Ponce, Puerto Rico. If you don't care about clearing, Casa de Campo resort at the southeast end of Dominican Republic for a bit of European ambience R&R is worth the time; great marina with fabulous facilities and food in small cafe settings. Bob Phillips, Another Asylum, Tortola, BVI