PubClub.com Has Been To This Restaurant In The British Virgin Islands By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Parrothead Blogger Mystery solved. You can toss out all the legends, the rumors the "no THIS is the place" talk. According to the man himself, this is where Jimmy Buffett got the inspiration for his"Cheeseburger in Paradise" song. This is what he said about … [Read more...]
Hold Off On That Sailboat Trip To The British Virgin Islands For Now
BVIs Travel Rules & Regulations By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Blue skies and water to match it, calm seas and islands to explore. The British Virgin Islands are a sailor's paradise but with it's current COVID-19 travel restrictions in place, it's best keep your plans in port for now. To vacation in the BVIs requires a series of steps … [Read more...]
British Virgin Islands Launches Travel App Called BVI Now
An Easy Way To Get Information About These Caribbean Islands By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger In the wake of hurricanes Irma and and Maria, the British Virgin Islands has taken a beating and getting clear information about what businesses are open and which ones are not, the current conditions and news about the islands has been difficult or inconsistent … [Read more...]
Radio TropRock Blog: Caribbean Islands Living In A Postcard Windstar Cruise
Sail Away Entertainment With Jerry Diaz & Donny Brewer By Eric Babin of Radio TropRock, Special To PubClub.com March 22 - 30, 2019 While many folks think of a "cruise" being on a huge crowded ships with waterslides and zip-lines there is another option. If you'd rather not be on a ship with 5,000 or so of your not-so-close friends, you can choose the … [Read more...]
Moorings Sailboat Charters Announces 2019 Interline Regatta Dates
Ya Gotta Regatta In The British Virgin Islands The airline industry's crazy Interline Regatta is back for 2019 and event sponsor Moorings sailboat charters has announced the dates, which are Oct. 8-17. This is the 37th annual event. The Moorings Interline Regatta is 10 days of sailboat racing and yacht and eight specific theme parties at the various beaches and … [Read more...]
Foxy’s Taboo Bar Hosts New Year’s Day 2019 Party Reopening After Hurricane Irma
It's A 'Float-illa' Party In The British Virgin Islands By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Foxy's Taboo, which was completely destroyed during Hurricane Irma, is reopening and doing it in grand style – it is having a big bash on New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2019. It is a “Float-illa” party starting at Noon. And it's a big party - there are already … [Read more...]
New Year’s Eve At Foxy’s Bar In The BVIs Has ‘Arabian Nights’ Theme
The Biggest & Best NYE Party In The Virgin Islands The legendary New Year's Eve party at Foxy's Tamarind Bar in the Virgin Islands has another cool them theme for the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020. It's "Arabian Nights" so turn your boat into a camel and ride across the desert sands (wink, wink) of the Caribbean sea to get to this epic place to spend … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: British Virgin Islands Gets Tourism Boost From Interline Regatta
Airline Industry's Annual 'Ya Gotta Regatta' Party Returns For 2018 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger If ever a place needed a boost in tourism, it's the British Virgin Islands. And it's got one from the Moorings Interline Regatta. The annual airline industry's "ya gotta regatta" 10-day festival returns for 2018, a year after it was canceled due … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog Post: The Power of the Power Nap When Traveling
Nodding Off in the Daytime Gives Stamina That Keeps You Partying All Night By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I discovered the power nap – and it's amazing regenerative qualities – in Mykonos, the wild party place in the Greek Islands. Mykonos is like Spring Break for adults, an afternoon beach party, followed by going wild all night. Except … [Read more...]
Foxy’s Bar British Virgin Islands ‘Is Chugging Along’ After Hurricane Irma
BVIs Still In Recovery Mode & Needs Tourists To Rebuild By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger It hosted its annual New Year's Eve bash and in March celebrated its 50th anniversary. Both were huge successes. But like most places in the British Virgin Islands, Foxy's Bar continues to struggle after Hurricane Irma. To get an update on the … [Read more...]
Foxy’s Bar British Virgin Islands Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Big Party In 2018
More Than 1,000 People Turn Out For Celebration By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger If ever a place needed to cut loose and celebrate something, it was this place. On March 24, 2018 Foxy’s Bar in the British Virgin Islands did just that - it celebrated its 50th anniversary. "We knew we needed to host a party," said Susan Zaluski of Foxy's Bar … [Read more...]
Foxy’s British Virgin Islands Open For NYE 2018 Toga Party Theme
Legendary NYE Bar In British Virgin Islands Still Celebrating In Post Hurricane Irma Era The New Year's Eve party is still on at Foxy's on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. Despite the damage done by Hurricane Irma to the BVIs, this legendary bar and its legendary NYE party is happening to bring and end to 2017 and the beginning to … [Read more...]
Soggy Dollar Bar Asks People To Adopt A Palm Tree To Help BVIs Recovery
Home Of The Pain Killer Seeks To Ease Pain From Hurricane Irma The Soggy Dollar Bar in the British Virgin Islands has come up with a creative way to help it recover from the devastating effects of Hurricane Irma. It is allowing you to adopt a palm tree. Along with a lot of other things, vegetation was nearly all wiped out by the hurricane and the Soggy Dollar … [Read more...]
Soggy Dollar Bar Post Irma Update: Fund Started To Rebuild Businesses & Beaches
'The Bar Isn't Going Anywhere' As British Virgin Islands & Jost Van Dyke Recovery Continues After Hurricane Damage By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger The legendary Soggy Dollar Bar in the British Virgin Islands suffered a lot of pain as a result of damage from Hurricane Irma, but the home of the Pain Killer is fighting back for not only its … [Read more...]
The Moorings To Resume Charter Service In BVIs & Puerto Rico In December
St. Martin Sailboats To Be Available In February By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Tourism is slowly returning to the Caribbean, and that's a welcome sign for three hard-hit areas, the British Virgin Islands Puerto Rico and St. Martin. The Moorings, the largest charter boat company in the BVIs, has announced it will have boats available starting in … [Read more...]
British Virgin Islands Callwood Rum Distillery Seeks Help After Irma
Cane Garden Bay Maker Of Rums Sets Up GoFundMe Account By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger With all the damage done to businesses by Hurricane Irma and the rebuilding required for hotels, restaurants and bars, one element key to the Caribbean has received little attention: rum. Rum production is a key part of life and one small company is asking for … [Read more...]
Myett’s British Virgin Islands Owner Says Bar Could Be Open In November
'We Are Working To Make It Better' As Cane Garden Bay & BVIs Recover From Irma By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger There are rays of optimism is beginning to peek out from amid the destruction. The after-effects of Hurricane Irma are still readily apparent in the British Virgin Islands but locals are picking up the pieces and bar owners are … [Read more...]
Soggy Dollar Bar In British Virgin Islands Issues Post Irma Statement & Update
Huge Storm Surge Left Legendary Bar 'In Ruins' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger For tens of thousands of travelers to the British Virgin Islands, the Soggy Dollar Bar has long been a place to "kill the pain" from a long day or night of drinking rum elsewhere because of its legendary cocktail known as the Pain Killer. But now, it is the Soggy … [Read more...]
Charter Sailboat Rentals In British Virgin Islands Could Resume By November After Irma
BVIs Premier & Minister Of Tourism Says 120 Boats Will Be In The Water By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Among the destruction, there is a beacon of hope for recovery in the British Virgin Islands. The charter companies that rent out sailboats to tourists – a key element in tourism to the area, as that is how most people vacation in the BVIs – … [Read more...]
Myett’s Cane Garden Bay British Virgin Islands Pleads For Help After Irma Damage
'Everything Will Help' Bar Owner Says In Message Like a torn spinnaker flapping in the wind, the British Virgin Islands are in tatters after Hurricane Irma. The islands are in desperate need of basic supplies. The owner of Myett's in Cane Garden Bay, Val Rhymer, has sent out a plea for assistance. Here is her message. WAYS YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE to Aid Cane … [Read more...]
Tourists Pour Out Emotions For British Virgin Islands Bars After Hurricane Irma
Frequent Visitors Express Emotions About The Soggy Dollar Bar, Corsair's, Myett's, Foxy's, Bomba's Shack And Other Legendary BVIs Watering Holes By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger They feel the pain of the Soggy Dollar, are bushwacked by the destruction of the Bitter End Yacht Club, feel for those at Foxy's, cringe when the see Corsairs, melt when they … [Read more...]
Moorings Officially Cancels 2017 Interline Regatta In Wake Of Hurricane Irma
British Virgin Islands Not Ready To Host Event After Devastation From Storm By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger It’s official. What was painfully obvious to anyone in or keeping up with damage caused by Hurricane Irma in the Virgin Islands became fact on Wednesday, Sept. 13. The Moorings has canceled the 2017 Interline Regatta, scheduled for Oct. … [Read more...]
Myett’s Bar Owner Says British Virgin Islands May ‘Never Be Back To Normal’
Hurricane Irma Aftermath Takes Huge Toll On People & Places In The BVIs By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, the people in the Virgin Islands are quite literally picking up the pieces from the devastation that has hammered the islands. The owner of Myett's at Cane Garden Bay, one of the most popular bars (with … [Read more...]
British Virgin Islands Post-Irma Updates: Soggy Dollar Bar, Foxy’s, Willie Ts, Bomba’s Shack
Several Famous Bars & Restaurants Completely Destroyed; Owners Vow To Rebuild By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Immortalized in songs, featured on travel TV shows such as E! Online's "Wild On" and known throughout the Caribbean for its potent "Mushroom Tea" drink, Bomba's Surfside Shack was an institution in the British Virgin Islands. Now, … [Read more...]
Moorings Interline Regatta 2017 Updates: Canceled; Irma Damages British Virgin Islands
Recovery Takes Priority While Damaged Boats & Infrastructure Make BVIs Not Ready For Tourists This is an update to an earlier post. There is now an official word from The Moorings. The Interline Regatta will not take place in 2017. Hurricane Irma roared through the Virgin Islands in early September and they are so much in recovery – and even survival – … [Read more...]
U.S. Virgin Islands & British Virgin Islands Face Long Recovery From Hurricane Irma
Destruction Of Charted Sailboats A Huge Long-Term Blow To Tourism Sadness and a long recovery are ahead of the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands in the wake of the devastation from Hurricane Irma. Many buildings are flattened if they even remain at all, there's little to no power and fresh water and basic supplies of survival are desperately needed by … [Read more...]
Moorings Releases Costume Party Themes & Schedule For 2017 Interline Regatta
Classic TV Shows Miami Vice & Baywatch Among Parties In British Virgin Islands If you were going to the 2017 Interline Regatta, you would likely have had a white jacket and pants and and orange bathing suit in addition to your pirate or wench costume. That would have you outfitted for two of the themes for the event, as The Moorings sailboat charters, host of the … [Read more...]
What It’s Really Like To Be On A Sailboat In The Virgin Islands
Sailing The BVIs: A First-Hand Experience By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger We approach the bay, so slowly and quietly it almost seems as if as we are trying to sneak into it and launch a pirate attack, and start searching for a ball to grab. Not a beach ball or a volleyball, but a mooring ball. We are in the British Virgin Islands and we are on a … [Read more...]
Interline Regatta British Virgin Islands Party Guide Review
An Inside Look At the Airline Industry's Caribbean Adventure Trip They arrive from the sky seeking the sea. Go from cockpit to cabin and use sails as wings. Pilots and flight attendants come in for a landing in the Caribbean Sea each October for the annual The Moorings Interline Regatta, a 10-day sailing journey in the British Virgin Islands. The 2018 event … [Read more...]
Moorings Interline Regatta 2016 Costume Party Schedule
Neon Party, Jungle Jamboree & Pirates Bash highlight Airline Industry BVIs Trip Not only do ya gottta regatta at the Interline Regatta in the British Virgin Islands, but ya gotta party, too. And with theme parties nearly every night of the week-plus 10-day event that's just part of the adventure. The 35th annual Interline Regatta – the wild, crazy, unique and creative … [Read more...]
Top Rum Drinks Of The Virgin Islands: Painkiller & Bushwacker Recipes
The BVIs & USVI's Official Cocktails As one would have beer in Germany, tequila in Mexico and wine in France and Italy, so is it with rum and rum drinks in the Caribbean. No matter where you go in the Caribbean, you will encounter rum. You will be around it almost as much the water that surrounds the islands. And frankly, that's not a bad thing at all. If … [Read more...]
Virgin Islands Sailboat Charters Tips, The Islands, Sights & Beach Bars
"Sailing Life is What I Choose, Imported Rum is My Kind of Booze... Sailing Life is Made For Me, I Raise My Spinnaker and I'm Free..." - Singer/Songwriter Eric Stone The water is blue – many shades of blue, in fact – the wind is blowing but hardly howling, captain and crew are going "fast enough to get there but slow enough to see" as the Jimmy Buffett song possibly … [Read more...]
The Best Beach Bars In The British Virgin Islands
"We raise our sails in Tortola, Drop a hook in Jost van Dyke. Kill our Pain at Soggy Dollar, Foxy's and the Paradise..." - Singer Eric Stone British Virgin Islands Bars, nightlife By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There is a place that makes the mind wander, the soul shift and the spirits soar. Where rum flows into drinks like the Painkiller … [Read more...]
World’s Top 10 Boating Destinations For Dockside Bars
Top Places To Have Boat Drinks By Sailboats & Powerboats Some of the best bars in the world are located in marinas. Not only are the views fantastic, but the beers are always cold, there's great drinks (usually strong ones involving lots of rum) and, well, boaters love to drink. With that in mind, PubClub.com presents our list of World's Top 10 Boating … [Read more...]
Disputing The Study That Says Mosquitoes More Prone To Bite Beer Drinkers
Rum Proves To Be Like Repellant In The British Virgin Islands If what the National Center for Biotechnology Information released is correct, then I had not better go camping. Step into the woods, go to warm and tropical climates or ever go back to my home in the South in the summertime. Because I would get eaten alive by mosquitoes. I would be their prime … [Read more...]