St. John Tradewinds, March 8-14, 2010

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Enjoy the Water in Style and Comfort Aboard Angel’s Rest

By Jaime Elliott
St. John Tradewinds

Maybe it’s the perfect Caribbean hues or
the gingerbread detailing, but the first time
anyone lays eyes on Angels Rest, a smile
inevitably creeps across their face.

The floating lemon yellow and bright tur-
quoise cottage in Coral Bay harbor was the
brainchild of Peter Hoschl, who conceived
of the idea years before he even bought the
two 40-foot aluminum pontoons for the ves-
sel.

“T always had this idea to build a comfort-
able pontoon boat,” said Hoschl, a veteran
builder and sailor who had called St. John
for more than two decades. “I saved money
every year and kept planning this really is-
landly pontoon boat that I wanted to build.
I’ve done charters for years but I wanted to
do something that was different and was a
real one-of-a-kind experience.”

Best described as a house boat, Angels
Rest is a 40-foot long by 14-foot wide alu-
minum welded cottage that might look more
at home perched on a St. John hillside rather
than moored in the harbor.

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Angel’s Rest, above, is the perfect vessel on which to explore Coral Bay

harbor and Round Bay in comfort.

Rest is certainly a lot more fun floating and
plying the waters around Coral Bay than it
would be ashore.

“People just love the boat,” Hoschl said.
“You can’t help but smile every time you
see it.”

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gel’s Rest cruising through the harbor, is en-
joying the comforts of the house boat first
hand.

A round glass-topped wooden table in
the main salon sits six people, who can dip
their toes in the water or watch fish swim by
through a hole in the floor below.

A full kitchen allows Hoschl’s partner
Nancy “Sas” Nemeth to whip up gourmet
lunches of baked Brie, hot crab dip, fresh
mango salsa, individual white pizzas and
even flan for dessert. An oversized cooler
ensures that the beverages, including beer,
sodas and a full top-shelf bar, are icy cold.

Guests can either lounge in the shade of
the main salon on two fluffy day beds and
gaze out over the view or kick back on the
top deck and soak up the tropical sun.

A popular day charter for Angels Rest
takes guests out to Round Bay from Coral
Bay harbor for a snorkel stop on one of the
most pristine coral reefs around. An accessi-
ble snorkel platform a mere two inches from
the water allows swimmers of all physical
ability to easily enter and exit the boat.

Since Angels Rest draws only two and a
half feet, the boat is ideal for accessing al-
most any beach in the area. The two pon-
toons also cut through the water smoothly,
making for a comfortable ride in most con-
ditions.

“Tt’s a really comfortable boat,” said Ho-
schl. “People who get seasick will not get
seasick on Angels Rest. I call it a floating

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