In a few weeks time, all of the best catamarans in the BVI will be heading to Nanny Cay Resort and Marina in Tortola for the 35th BVI Charter Yacht Society Show. From November 7-10, our team of brokers will be attending the show to inspect over 70 catamarans. During the show we will dine onboard to savour the chef’s cuisine and attend many yacht hops to make sure everything is perfect on the catamarans. This ensures that our clients have the best holidays of their lives in the stunning BVIs. The BVI Yacht Show is one of our favourite charter shows to attend and we are all looking forward to it!
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Which Croatian National Park is for You?
The Croatian Adriatic has over 2,000 km of coastline and over 1,000 islands which lie close to the mainland making a perfect destination for a yacht charter in Croatia with easy island hopping in protected waters.
My Top Three Caribbean, Bareboat Hotspots
If you are looking into a bareboat charter holiday in the Caribbean but you are not sure where to go, let me guide you, or at least help you to narrow it down to three!
Let’s start in Abacos with a bareboat charter in the Bahamas. Just 112 kilometres east of Palm Beach, Florida lies the Bahamas, a sailing paradise of warm breezes, white sandy beaches and colonial houses nestled amongst the palm trees.
Sshhh… 5 Best Kept Secrets in the Greek Islands
We have all heard of them…Santorini, Mykonos, Lefkas and Rhodes, but when you’re sailing in Greece, you can explore the best kept secrets of these stunning isles.
Tales of Tortola
The history of the Virgin Islands, and in particular Tortola, is a fascinating and chequered one involving famous explorers, murderous pirates the slave trade and many changes in ownership. Even the origin of its name is up for debate. Many claim that Christopher Columbus, who discovered the archipelago of the Virgin Islands named the island Tortola after the Spanish word for Turtle Dove. The truth is much less romantic. He actually named it Santa Ana and its present name came after the later Dutch settlers named it Ter Tholen, after an island off the Netherlands. The British colonisers, not well known for their grasp of foreign language, changed it to Tortola.
