As of mid day Wednesday, the forecast track for Hurricane Omar brings the eye over St Croix and just North of Tortola. The big worry beyond the possibility of a Category 3 is rain. The quadrant to the South and East of the storm will contain the most rain with predictions as high as 20 [...]

Tropical Storm Omar wants to imitate Hurricane Lenny of 1999 and very well could. The difference this time is that Omar is still only a tropical storm while Lenny had become a hurricane moving West when it decided to turn around and head East. This caught many people off guard as they thought the storm [...]

For the past several years, I have had the good fortune of introducing the British Virgin Islands to SailTime sailors. Talk about a labor of love ! It has come to the point where I very nearly expect to be going every Fall. For a while, we went two times a year; Spring and Fall. [...]