We first sailed the British Virgin Islands in 1983. We were invited by some good friends to join them on a yacht charter aboard a forty-two foot boat. We almost immediately discovered that this bareboat charter experience in the BVI was the best vacation of our lives. Since that first trip, we have taken many sailing courses and had many sailing vacations in the British … [Read more...]
About the Virgin Islands
Columbus “discovered” the Virgin Islands in 1493-- notwithstanding the fact that there had been indigenous people living there for 3000 years. Subsequently, the Spanish, British, French, and Dutch at various times laid claim to portions of the Virgin Islands. The Virgin Islands as a whole are a fairly sizable group of islands strung out like a string of pearls running roughly … [Read more...]