BVI Bound

Chartering a sailboat in the British Virgin Islands

BVI Trip Reports, April 23-29, 2011

Trip report — 3/19 – 3/27 Moorings 372PC charter. A trip report about chartering a power boat from the Moorings. Lots of great detail. And I agree – the 374 has much, much more room than the 372. A land based trip from someone used to going to Bonaire. The pictures are in another post. [...]

BVI Music Festival, May 27-29, 2011

The BVI Music Festival is coming up over Memorial Day Weekend. For such a large, annual event, there’s very little about it in blogs. I found lots of official press releases but no first hand accounts. Have you been? What did you think? Any tips for people that are interested in attending? You can check [...]

Virgin Islands Sailing offers to pay for trip reports

Virgin Islands Sailing, a charter company, is offering $200 for trip reports regardless of what company you chartered with.The only requirements listed on the website are 500 words or more and 2-5 pictures. I’ve emailed them asking them for more info. If you’ve worked with them, please let us know how it went! (Also, if [...]

Importing lemurs to the BVI

Richard Branson is importing lemurs from Madagascar to Moskito Island in the BVI. He’s hoping to create a sanctuary but most of the time importing foreign species creates lots of problems … For example, Australia has problems with imported cane toads, feral pigs and goats. Richard Branson already has approval from the authorities in the [...]

BVI Trip Reports, April 2-22, 2011

Photo by Madbuster75 SPVI Quick Trip Report. Sounds like things have changed a lot since their last trip and they weren’t happy … Trip Report 2/25–3/5: Excellent Except for Crash. A good read. BVI Catana 50 Charter, just finished – any questions? A trip report that focuses on reviewing the Catana 50 catamaran.

Should you sail under a pirate flag?

Some people think it’s fun to fly a pirate flag, the Jolly Roger, while sailing, especially if you have kids on board, if you’ve been reading about the history of pirates in the BVI or just for fun, like a pirate costume party. Other people think it’s extremely offensive because it endorses piracy. It’s been [...]

Oh no! More cruise ships in the BVI.

Any one who has tried to enjoy Tortola or JVD when a cruise ship is in knows to avoid them like the plague. So it’s extremely discouraging to hear that the BVI Tourist Board is trying to attract more cruise ships. They even had Disney down to see if they could build something in Road [...]

Treasure Maps

I’ve heard of people creating treasure maps for their kids to follow while they are chartering. I think that’s an awesome idea. If you aren’t quite up to creating your own treasure map, you can use the tourist version for the USVI at Island Treasure Maps. You can download the maps for St John and [...]

BVI Trip Reports, March 26-April 1, 2011

Touring the Spanish Virgin Islands via photos. A well written and detailed trip report of sailing in the Spanish Virgin Islands. They start from Puerto Rico. Great report of lots of fun sailing around the BVI. They see sharks, whales and dolphins as well as old friends! Sharon shares some more of her trip including [...]