Avoid the cruise ships

I’ve never found the cruise ships to be an issue while we are sailing. But if I’m going to spend any time at all in Road Town, I avoid them. (Trying to eat or shop in Road Town with thousands of cruise ship passengers is an experience not to be repeated.) Traveltalkonline has a calendar [...]

BVI Trip Reports, February 19-25, 2011

This couple decided to go sailing in the Bahamas. They bought a boat, learned how to sail and then drove their 23′ boat to Florida and sailed across to the Bahamas. A story about following your dreams! A crewed trip with Bella Vita starting in the USVI and going all through the BVI. A description [...]

New: Sunsail 444 Catamaran

Sunsail has added a new boat to their fleet, the Sunsail 444 Catamaran. It has four cabins. The two forward cabins have single berths in addition to the double berths, so it sleeps 10. It brags a forward cockpit which would be really nice for hanging out. I don’t like how the helm is raised [...]

Virgin Anchorages

I love this book: Virgin Anchorages. I’d highly recommend it to anyone going sailing in the Virgin Islands. I used to take all my sailing books with me. Just in case I needed to check something. Or in case I needed to figure out how to explain something to one of my crew. And I [...]

BVI Trip Reports, February 11-18, 2011

5 trips in one year! From BVI newbies to experts. Check out what they elected to do on their 4th trip. They don’t say much but they got a cook to go with them!