The large charter fleet of the British Virgin Islands offers a great opportunity to explore the islands. And don’t worry about being an experience sailor. Their are tours and boats for all experience levels.
Terry Cornelius of the The Arizona Republic took a recent tour around the British Virgin Islands and shares the adventure.
Our trip started in Road Town, the capital of the BVI (as this group of islands commonly is called), on the island of Tortola.Six of us reserved our boat over the Internet through an outfit called Conch Charters, and thanks to an information packet and several toll-free calls, there were few surprises when we arrived at the marina. The staff ran us through our paperwork, suggested places to sail, and then checked us out on a 40-foot Beneteau sloop with the un-piratelike name of Happy Chance. The whole process took about two hours.