Thatch Cay U.S.V.I.

by Amey Stone (RSS feed)
Feb 6th 2006 at 11:05AM

While recently in the Virgin Islands, I came across a delightful piece of real estate just north of the island of St. Thomas. Thatch Cay is a 230 acre island between St. Thomas and St. John that is completely undeveloped and waiting for the right buyer to come and snatch her up. With 5 miles of shoreline and elevations up to 500ft, the island would make a lovely vacation getaway. Right now, there are no docks or landing areas on the island so, development would be entirely at your discretion. Personally, I envision a James Bond villain-type compound complete with shark tank and inept henchman.

Tags: islands, thatch cay, ThatchCay, virgin islands, VirginIslands

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Emilio Feb 9th 2006 7:13AM

Why buy a foreign island when you can buy a local island in Jacksonville, Florida?

David Feb 9th 2006 8:27AM

It said USVI that means it belongs to the United States. United States Virgin Islands.

jimmy jones Feb 9th 2006 8:34AM

u.s. virgin islands isn't "foreign" genius. Also jacksonville is a huge dump.

MJ Feb 9th 2006 9:11AM

Leave Emilio alone-i mean c'mon; why would you want a permanent vacation island/home in the Caribbean when you could spend your time in Jacksonville-sounds like a no-brainer to me!

Mozart720 Feb 9th 2006 9:16AM

HAHAH You're right.. Jacksonville is a dump....but more like the armpit of the earth!!! I think this island is a gold mine. You buy the land then do the good old American thing.....bring in developers to place hotels and sell the property for 10 times the price.

Bridget Feb 9th 2006 9:33AM

Shoot, why bring hotels in? I'd personally love that piece of land. No problem here... My own private island I could let my dog run loose.... or with my luck, it'd be like Isla Sorna (or whatever the name of that deserted island is on Jurassic Park 2&3) I could turn the music up loud, without benefit of neighbors. So, I wouldn't have to worry about that neighbors. Think about it... USVI or not.... if it's YOURS, you're still in America, you haven't left yet. If it's YOURS, you can just pick and choose who you want to come visit.

Craig Feb 9th 2006 10:34AM

bah, I can buy one of many islands in the Philippines that are around 1/2 to 3/4 the size of this island for $200,000 to $300,000. I'd get a much better ROI over there.

JannetMoore Feb 9th 2006 10:53AM

Why Not Jacksonville? Several Reasons But I'll Give you only A Few.......1. Duval County(Jacksonville)Used To,OR Still Does Have The highest per capita lung cancer rate in U.S. 2. Partly Because of The Paper Mill Industry 3. Jacksonville isn't Florida,it's Georga. The map was drawn wrong. 4 Jeb Bush ISN'T Governor Of U.S.V.I. 5. Too many residents are ignorant enough to think U.S.V.I. is foreign

ONE PROUD AMERICAN Feb 9th 2006 11:10AM

WOW A PLACE WITH NO WAR!!!!, POVERTY!!!!, OR INSANE PEOPLE!!!! I WOULD BUY IT. IT WOULD BE ALL MINE. I CAN DO WHAT I WANT WHEN I WANT TO DO IT. BUT OF COURSE THATS ONLY A DREAM. I AM HAPPY ON WHERE I AM. THE GOOD OLE USA. I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!! YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA BEING THE ARMPIT OF AMERICA.... GO TO A 3RD WORLD COUNTRY LIKE I HAVE...THEN GO BACK TO JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA... I BET YOU CHANGE YOUR COMMENTS. I BET YOU LIKE GOING TO THE STORE TO GET SOME ICE CREAM? IN SOME COUNTRIES , ICE CREAM IS A LUXURY AND COSTS TO MUCH FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON. ICE CREAM!!! IT COST ABOUT $4.50 FOR A HALF GALLON HERE IN AMERICA. YOU KNOW WHAT .... IF YOUR SO UN HAPPY HERE IN AMERICA CALL ME AND I WILL BUY YOU THAT ISLAND JUST SO I DONT HAVE TO HEAR THOSE COMMENTS ANYMORE!!!!

Constantina Feb 9th 2006 11:15AM

damn-- can u buy the island for me?? haha no government. no corruption. no hate. wow.. i'd love to live there!

Jessica Feb 9th 2006 11:46AM

Hey you can buy that island for me...then you don't have to ever see me again!

Sara Feb 9th 2006 11:54AM

Wow, I love your sense of humor on that second to last line. I read that somewhereorother and got a real chuckle. Thanks, Matthew :)

~Sara

Annie Feb 9th 2006 12:16PM

Howdy!!! From beautiful Austin, Texas, The Little Music Capital of the World,
PLUS- the most desired city to live in,
We cover all you could possibly want in life----LAke (almost dried up from no rain-
Whole town could go up in flames in second, no rain). Over 55,000 ;plus UT students, ALL on 6th st every weekend to hear our Music from all over. You can still go, if ya move here, just stand in line.... THANK-YOU, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WILL BE READY IN 15 MIN. WHERE TO i MEET YOU TO GET MY ISLAND?? i'M READY. dON'T LET ANY ONE ELSE kNOW, pLEASE!!!tHNKX

Tonya Feb 9th 2006 12:19PM

Ok, I'm not sure what 3rd world country/s you have been in, but I've been to a few. For some reason, I can see trading all the white bread and ice cream making US citizens obese for the pure natural foods of 3rd world countries. If you want to sell the good ol' USA, please come up with a better attraction than ice cream?

ron schweikart Feb 9th 2006 12:25PM

i was going to purchase the island, but i'm $1.27 short. any chance of getting a government loan or maybe go with a section 8?

Amanda Feb 9th 2006 1:18PM

If I could purchase that island for myself and my family, the LAST thing that I'd want to do is to "develop" it and use it as a vacation home. I'd leave it as natural as possible, build a small hut and live off the land.

If a hurricaine destroyed it, what would we have lost that we couldn't rebuild? And we wouldn't have to worry about insurance claims or lost "valuables". The most valuable thing we would have would be our LIVES and simple BELIEFS AND VALUE SYSTEMS. Although I would definitely establish some sort of storm shelter.