Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
WHAT TO EXPECT ONBOARD
Your boat is, in essence, a floating hotel. You sleep aboard it nightly and eat most meals
there. In general, you sail off in the morning and visit anchorages where you snorkel, dive
or go ashore to explore the beaches by day. Before dark, you'll arrive at a final destination
you've selected, where you'll tie up at one of the overnight buoys. It's best to arrive at your
final destination each day before dark and with plenty of time to secure a mooring. They fill
up fast in the most popular spots. In the BVI, the National Parks Trust has installed more
than 200 mooring buoys (surface buoys attached to stainless steel pins set in bedrock) for
daytime use at popular sites. These buoys protect the underwater marine ecology from phys-
ical damage by boat anchors. (Note they are different than the larger overnight buoys.)
