The East Coast of California, also known as The BVI (British Virgin Islands) got a rough hurricane season wake-up call, yesterday and last night. Hurricane Earl quickly powered up from a Category 2 hurricane as it passed East of Antigua, to a Category 4 hurricane as it came perilously close to Anegada. With very little [...]

This year’s annual pilgrimage to sailing mecca was perhaps the best ever. The main ingredient to a good sailing vacation is wind. Every day of this week-long adventure had great wind from the most pleasant direction I had yet to experience; S-SE. The BVI is the perfect place for SailTime to hold its annual flotilla. [...]

One of the hottest girls in the BVI this season is Vandalay, a 2006 Beneteau 52 managed by BVI Yacht Charters which Member, John McKinney has chartered two years in a row. This season she sported a new set of sails, shiny new bottom and deluxe sun shade canopy. John literally sailed circles around the [...]