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...]
Moorings Interline Regatta Back On For 2018 In British Virgin Islands
Airline Industry's Annual Boat Party Returns To BVIs After Hurricane Irma The British Virgin Islands continues to recover from Hurricane Irma and one of its biggest annual events is back on the calendar. The airline industry's crazy Moorings Interline Regatta is back on for 2018. After being canceled last year, it will take place Oct. 9-18. There is one venue … [Read more...]
Moorings Interline Regatta 2021 Virgin Islands Costume Party Canceled
Airline Industry's BVIs Event Theme, Locations & Bars Ya gotta regatta and when you do it at this event, you've also got to party. It's the Moorings Interline Regatta in the British Virgin Islands, the annual event of sailboats and silliness, primarily for those in the airline industry and friends of airline industry employees. Unfortunately, the 2021 event … [Read more...]
Hurricane Maria Caribbean Islands & Puerto Rico Updates: ‘A Disaster In The Making’
From A Tropical Storm To Cat 5 In One Day; Florida & Florida Keys To Be Spared By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Already ravaged by Hurricane Irma, the Caribbean is getting pounded by yet another storm. Hurricane Maria went from a tropical storm to a Category 5 storm in one day, pummeled Dominica early Tuesday morning hit St. Croix in the U.S. … [Read more...]
Virgin Islands After Hurricane Irma Is Like ‘Armageddon’
Relief Supply Boats Held Up By Gun-Toting Locals By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger The Virgin Islands were pounded by Hurricane Irma, but as bad a hit as the islands took, the worse is actually happening in its aftermath. With no food, water, electricity, cell service or essential elements or services, the place is turning chaotic as some residents … [Read more...]
Hurricane Irma British Virgin Islands Legitimate Relief Funds How To Help Victims
BVIs Residents & Businesses Seeing Donations To Rebuild After Massive Storm Damage The Virgin Islands – and the British Virgin Islands in particular – suffered significant damage due to Hurricane Irma. In the aftermath, several relief funds have been set up to aid and help people rebuild their lives and businesses. Some are legitimate and some are not. … [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...]
St. Croix In The U.S. Virgin Islands ‘Getting Back To Business’ After Hurricane Irma
USVI Island Accepting Tourists; St. John & St. Thomas Hotels & Resorts Updates In the wake of all the bad and sad news coming out of the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands – indeed, all over the Caribbean – as a result of Hurricane Irma, there is some good news. The island of St. Croix in the USVI is "getting back to business" according to a … [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 2017 Dates British Virgin Islands Airline Industry Trip
36th Annual BVIs Sailboat Event Is Octoberfest On The Water While some people around the world are hoisting huge brews in big beer halls, a few fun people are having a different kind of Oktoberfest. They are hoisting rum drinks dressed as pirates, witches or castaways at the annual Interline Regatta hosting my the Moorings marina, in the British Virgin … [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...]
Memorial Day 2017 Virgin Islands Sailboat Dream Trip Dates & Details
An Island-Hopping Cruise In The British Virgin Islands Aboard A Flotilla Of Sailboats With Snorkeling, Beach Bars & Island Music By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger We Raised Our Sails In Tortola Dropped A Hook In Jost Van Dyke Killed Our Pain At Soggy Dollar Foxy's And The Paradise – Eric Stone, "Sunsail" If you want to be "Somewhere South Of … [Read more...]
British Virgin Islands Bars By Boat Is A Dream Realized
Pain Killers at the Soggy Dollar Bar, Feeling Fine at Foxy's and Getting Naked at Willie T's All Part of the Ultimate BVIs Sailing Experience It has always been a fantasy of mine to bar hop – by boat – to the bars in the Virgin Islands. The appeal is obvious – rum drinks on tropical beaches. Warm weather, the water right there to jump in and cool off, and beaches in … [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...]
St. Thomas Nightlife Best Bars Redhook & Island Music Reviews
Top Nightlife Spots For Locals & Tourists The beaches and water activities of St. Thomas give way to its small bars by night. There are fine places and fun places, spots with live music and bars for tourists and joints for locals (of course, tourists are always welcome) But, of course, any discussion of bars and nightlife in the Caribbean has to start with the rum. … [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...]
New Orleans Named Top New Year’s Eve Party Destination NYE Reviews
Other Top Spots Are Prague, Sydney, Las Vegas, Rio And The Virgin Islands When it comes time to choosing a place to spend New Year’s Eve this year, don’t drop the ball. Leave that to the people in charge of putting on the celebrations. But being where those balls are dropped – and having a ball – is the real thrill of a fulfilling New Year’s night. That is why … [Read more...]