British Virgin Islands > British Virgin Islands Experience

Advantages: Fantastic sailing, friendly people
Disadvantages: hurricanes at certain times of the year

The British Vrigin Islands is a great place ofr novice and experienced sailers alike. The consistency of the weath and winds makes sailing very easy and most of the navigation is by site, except to get to Anegada (a very rewaarding experience). There is an easy route around the South of Tortola, up to Virgin Gorda with plenty of stop off points for some really good snorkelling. It is possible to moor in totally isolated bays if you wnat a quiet night, ...
...There are also some smarter resort hotels if you are after a bit of luxury. Virgin Gorda is a good half way point with a full service marina - excellent for having a proper shower and stocking up on provisions. Then head up the 16 mile passage to Anegada - this island is completely unliek any of the others. It is completely flat with a tree being the highest point. A littel tricky to navigate the bouyage into the moorings as there is shallow watercovering ... Read review

Advantages: Great food, drinks and atmosphere
Disadvantages: Hangovers! Need a boat to get there

The island of Jost Van Dyke is named after an early Dutch resident, reputed to be a pirate. It is only four by three miles, but contains two of the best places for nightlife in the Caribbean. Foxys is in Great Harbour, and pretty high in the top ten places in the world to be for New Year's Eve. Then the harbour is so full of yachts that they say you can walk from one side to the other without getting wet! But even the usual Friday and Saturday night ...
...disco until the early/late hours. I can't remember the exact cost but it was extremely reasonable. Foxy himself performs songs and jokes most afternoons. He's built his own microbrewery (I think it's the only one in the BVI) and also serves great rum cocktails. The Soggy Dollar bar - so named because you can swim in from your boat - in White Bay (just around the coast) is home to the Painkiller - a delicious but lethal cocktail - I was singing after ... Read review

Advantages: Great sailing - ideal for beginners, fun beach bars
Disadvantages: Very popular, can be busy

The BVIs are in the northeast Caribbean, and offer protected sailing perfect for newcomers to chartering yachts. There are a lot of moorings, marinas and beach bars. We had our first yachting holiday here, chartering from Sunsail in Tortola. Now we're a little more experienced, we'd like to go back! We particularly enjoyed: Norman Island - a large bay called the Bight with a restaurant and bar on a converted ship, and a lively beach bar Marina ...
...Dyke - two lovely bays, one with the Soggy Dollar bar (cos you swim from the boat...) and one with the world famous Foxys - voted in the top ten places in the world for New Year's Eve Virgin Gorda - excellent marinas at Spanish Town and the Bitter End yacht club, amazing rock formations at the Baths Salt Island - Snorkelling the wreck of the Rhone We didn't go to Anegada, a wildlife sanctuary as the navigation is a little hazardous around the ... Read review