The British Virgin Islands is known as the ‘Sailing Capital of the World’ and for good reason. The archipelago of about sixty islands, islets and cays provides sheltered waters smack bang in the middle of the trade wind belt. Easterly winds are relatively constant and blow between 10 and 25 knots ninety per cent of […]
Scheduled for January 19th, 2019, the annual Painkiller Cup event is one of the Caribbean’s top stand-up paddle races. The 1-day event features two races. The main draw is the 14-mile downwind team race from Trellis Bay (Beef Island) to White Bay (Jost Van Dyke), with the smaller mini-Painkiller Cup running concurrently from Sandy Cay […]
It’s a story you have probably seen or heard a few times by now. The overwhelming support for the BVI marine industry and the recovery of the country after the devastation just a year ago on its land and the sea on which it is cherished as the sailing capital of the world. It has […]