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…
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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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BVI Trip Reports, March 19-25, 2011
A crewed charter trip on Sophisticated Lady. Sounds nice! These folks took a trip with Captain Jim on Blue Moon. Sounds like they had a great trip and left a piece of their soul down there – so they will…