By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Before my first trip to the Virgin Islands, I envisioned it being just like that Alan Alda movie, The Four Seasons, where some seasoned skipper would have us sailing through those turquoise-blue waters and pulling up to drop anchor by blinding white beaches while a bouncy blonde identical to Bess Armstrong would have me in full … [Read more...]
Buzzing San Diego’s Portside Pier Restaurants On An America’s Cup Yacht
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The suggestion was just a joke, but before I knew it, skipper Mark Strube had IL Moro, ITA-16, a 90-foot boat with a 150-foot mainsail that participated in San Diego's America's Cup, pointed straight at the new Portside Pier restaurants in San Diego Bay. I wanted some close-up shots for this new and cool dining and … [Read more...]
Fun Things To Do In San Diego: Sailing Aboard An America’s Cup Sailboat
Sail USA 11 Provides A Unique Three-Hour Tour Of San Diego Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger It is one thing to look out onto beautiful San Diego Bay and quite another to be on San Diego Bay. There are a few ways to do this – aboard a Flagship or Hornblower cruise, the Coronado ferry, a jet ski or even a kayak – but there's nothing like the … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Get Me Back On A Sailboat In The Virgin Islands
BVIs, Beach Bars, Rum & Tropical Music Are Always Calling Me By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger We raised the sails in Tortola And dropped a hook in Jost Van Dyke Killed our pain at the Soggy Dollar, Foxy's and the Paradise... – Eric Stone, "Sunsail" I was going through some photos of previous PubClub trips when I ran across pictures of me on a … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: A Choppy Sailboat Ride From Catalina To Los Angeles
Sailing Isn't A Lot Of Fun In These Conditions By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger On the mainland, the wind was whipping so hard windows were rattling and the Pacific Ocean waves were exploding into the jetties protecting the Southern California harbors. The beaches were not only empty, it was far too windy for even the daily die-hards to be playing … [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...]
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...]
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...]
5 Things To Know When People Invite You To Go Sailing
Tales From The Seas: Sailboats, Skippers & Cocktails By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger A friend of mine – let's call her Jane – was all excited. She had just met a skipper who invited her to go sailing. While Jane had been around boats, she had actually never been on a sailboat. The skipper promised a sail from one Los Angeles marina to another, lunch at … [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...]
Congressional Cup Sailing Brings The Party To Long Beach’s Belmont Pier
Bands And The Stella Artois Beer Garden Bring Out The Belmont Shore Singles Here's why I like sailing and people who sail. Those who sail like to party! Take, for instance, the organizers of the Congressional Cup. This is an annual event that takes place in Long Beach, CA. It features some of the world's top skippers in America's Cup-style racing. In fact, in this year … [Read more...]