Did you read about the shipwreck I finally snorkeled? If not check it out at yesterday’s blog.
In September 2007, I did a bareboat charter for two weeks in the BVI with friends and family. It was a great experience and gave me lots of knowledge….even leading…
Today’s “photo of the day” is a sunset with my favorite person at one of my favorite spots in the entire USVI, Ram’s Head on the south side of St…
Many people do not know that the US Virgin Islands were once owned by Denmark. The Danish West Indian Company settled St Thomas in 1672, St John in 1694, and…
Did you know these caves on Norman Island are featured in Robert Lewis Stevenson’s book “Treasure Island”?
Today’s “photo of the day” is of a family doing just that. This is always a big hit and usually within someone’s top three favorite things they did while on…
Turns out 15 men were marooned on Dead Chest a mile away. They sailors tried to swim to Peter Island, but drowned and started washing up on this beach. This…
Today’s “photo of the day” is a panoramic of Sandy Cay in the BVI. It is a little deserted island near Jost Van Dyke. Do you want to visit? Just…
Well today’s “photo of the day” features one and he is a big sucker. Over a foot and a half from leg tip to leg tip……and they are GOOOOD eating!!!!…
On Sunday I laid a bombshell down that I would only be chartering next season until around April 15th and said you had to come back today to learn why….
Today’s “photo of the day” is a pic using a GoPro where we all jumped off a rock at the Baths.
As many of you know I am finishing my sixth season of chartering in the Virgin Islands this year. After over 100 charters and only three complaints (97% success rate!!!!)…
Today’s “photo of the day” is from the inside of the deepest cave at Norman Island. Is this where the gold was hidden in Treasure Island?
As many of you know this is my sixth year of runny charters in the Virgin Islands. I know I have been fortunate to travel in the offseason to some…
This is a set of sea fans that look like a beautiful purple iris. At least to me. What do you think?
On the south side of St John there is a small town called Coral Bay (I estimate 1000 people live there, at most). It consists of a couple roads, churches,…
But today we have a super awesome family doing just that for the “photo of the day”.
I recently took the ferry over to Tortola to work on my MCA and Boatmaster, which the BVI requires. Since my boat was in Red Hook I took the ferry…
If not, here is another “photo of the day” of him with the shell he was hiding in. What do you think?
All around St John the National Parks Service has mooring balls for vessels to hook up to. These balls coast $26 to stay overnight in some of the most perfect…
Even though this is an anemone like you see with clown fish swim in, we do not have the clown fish in the Caribbean. Anemones on the other hand are around…
One of the favorite things people see are the “wild” donkeys on St John. I put the wild in parentheses because the more accurate term would be feral. This is…
So we have been talking about the hike down to Reef Bay and today we will see the end results as we tour the sugar factory that is right on…
Yesterday I wrote all about the Petroglyphs on the south side of St John. Well today I wanted to share a “photo of the day” from there. As I was…
The petroglyphs are on the south side of St John and can be reached with an easy walk from Reef Bay or a more challenging hike for Lameshure Bay. It…
This is called the Sandbox tree or the Monkey No Climb tree. It is not poisonious or anything, but those spikes hard and sharp. There are two on the hike…
If guest are willing to spend a couple days around St John, then one thing I like to take them to is Reef Bay. This bay is rather exposed, so…
Here one of my guest is holding up two pin chusion starfish for our “photo of the day” today. She found these in Hurricane Hole on the south side of…
If you are ever hiking around the swampy areas of a Caribbean island and noticed mounds in the trees? Do you know what they are? Well they are termite nest….