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| BVI Kite Jam |
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According to BVI Kite Jam Founder and Partner Charlie Smith, the idea for Kite Jam was hatched a year ago in Cape Town while he and his boss, Sir Richard Branson, were chatting to some kiteboarders ab...
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| Shoreside Review |
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Drakes Point is not your average location, but it is as accessible as any Road Town restaurant. It is situated within the walls of a historical monument, Fort Burt, the garrison built by Dutch colonis...
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| Catch and Release |
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You have to trust people in the water. I trust Armando Jenik, the underwater photographer, a true waterman. I take his word, and he backs it up with images. When I’ve been on various shoots with...
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| Editor's Notes |
 | Welcome to the March issue of BVI Yacht Guide. Spring. Delicious. Look out at that Channel and see the activity that is the charter season in its full swing around Tortola, up to Virgin Gorda and nesting at Anegada (with a few cheeky stops at Jost or the anchorages of Norman, Cooper and Peter). In this issue, we are proud to bring you a range of stories from and about our islands. Recently, my co-...
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| Skipper's Tips: Need a Tree? |
 | As part of getting around the BVI, a sailor is going to have to moor his vessel at the end of the day. With the busy season upon us, a mooring ball is never a guarantee, so today we're going to discuss a facet of anchoring that doesn't always get proper attention: the secondary, or auxiliary, anchor. Often when the day is drawing to a close, panic besets the newbie charterer. Suddenly the s...
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| IT at Sea: Establishing an Internet Presence for Your Boat |
 | The internet has become one of the essentials of modern life for businesses owners, employees and customers, especially for the charter industry which relies heavily on overseas clients. Given the pervasiveness of internet usage for business and personal activities, many charter boat businesses surprisingly have not established an internet presence. I will explore the fundamentals of establishing ...
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| Provisioning: Passion for Passion Fruit |
 | My passion for passion fruit started when a friend in the BVI invited me and my husband Matt over to her orchard to pick some fruit, fresh off the vine. It was love at first taste. The following winter, Matt and I set sail for a few months of down-island cruising. We hadn’t even dropped anchor in one of our first stops, Dominica, and already vendors were paddling out on surfboards to meet us,...
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| The Challenges of Imposible Dream |
 | When quadriplegic sailor Geoff Holt arrived in the British Virgin Islands earlier this year, he arrived on a 61‑foot long catamaran christened Impossible Dream. Those who visited Impossible Dream while she was docked at Sopers Hole or Nanny Cay may have assumed that the boat had been built for Geoff’s historic journey across the Atlantic, but the catamaran was actually designed for par...
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| Reef Check Indicator Species: Flamingo Tongue Snail |
 | For the next few months leading up to BVI Reef Check 2010, BVI Yacht Guide highlights one of the organisms from the Reef Check Indicator Species Checklist. The Global Coral Reef Crisis: Trends and Solutions states, “The goal of Reef Check monitoring is to detect ecologically and statistically significant changes on coral reefs that are caused by human activities.” We at Yacht Guide aim...
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| EDGE: Backstay Tension |
 | For the sailor raised on racing and performance-oriented boat operation, the modern charter yacht can seem an awfully dumbed-down machine. Often lacking basic controls such as a cunningham, traveler or an adjustable backstay, the Average White Boat produces equally average performance. Whilst some versions of the ubiquitous AWBs might sport a traveler, the adjustable backstay is the one control th...
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