Restaurants in the BVI

You may plan to eat all your meals aboard during your charter in the British Virgin Islands, but if not, no worries. The BVI is full of some great restaurants with both character and good food. If you plan on eating most of your meals on board, I recommend setting aside a few meals to [...]

How to buy food for your sailing vacation

When you charter (i.e. rent) a sailboat, you will need to provision it. Provision \Pro*vi”sion\ To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison. [1913 Webster] There are three basic ways you can provision your boat for your sailing vacation: Charter company. Most charter companies will provision your sailboat for you. (At their [...]

Should you take food with you to the British Virgin Islands?

Whether or not to take food to the British Virgin Islands when you charter a sailboat is a hotly debated topic. Someone did a recent study comparing grocery prices in St. Thomas to prices in Washington DC and discovered that some things were much more expensive and some things were cheaper. For example: The results [...]