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trim sails, pick up moorings and more in two three-hour sessions for $200. The school also
teaches windsurfing and advanced sailing classes, as well as offering special classes for
kids.
Leverick Bay Watersports
(
www.watersportsbvi.com
;
Mon-Sat)
This joint rents powerboats (from $400 per
day), dinghies with outboards (from $90 per day) and kayaks (from $12 per hour).
Diving
Common dive sites that companies go to include the Dogs, Ginger Island and the wrecks
of the
Rhone
and
Chikuzen;
see the Out Islands (
Click here
) for more on these locations.
Prices are around $85 for a one-tank dive and $110 for a two-tank dive. Snorkelers are usu-
ally welcome to join diving companies' excursions.
Dive BVI (
www.divebvi.com
;
Leverick Bay)
is well-regarded operator is one of the
BVI's most active, offering trips to all the hot spots; there's another outpost at Spanish
Town's Yacht Harbour.
Kilbride's Sunchaser Scuba (
www.sunchaserscuba.com
; Bitter End Yacht Club)
was
started by BVI diving pioneer Burt Kilbride; it offers trips to Anegada's wreck-strewn
Horseshoe Reef as well as popular night dives.
Kitesurfing
CaribKiteboarding(
www.caribkiteboarding.com
;
classesfrom$75)
allows you to take
advantage of the trade winds and get airborne. It provides gear and lessons for all levels of
experience and is located at Bitter End Yacht Club.
Snorkeling
Bitter End Yacht Club (
www.beyc.com
;
90 min tour $15)
offers daily snorkeling tours
at 10:30am and 2pm. It costs an extra $6 for gear rental. Sign up at the Watersports Center
near the ferry dock.
