Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Anglers Aweigh: How to Make Your Big Catch a Winning One
The
Bermuda Game Fishing Tourna-
ment
is open to any angler who takes
the time and trouble to fill out the tour-
nament application when he or she
catches a really big fish. No special
license is required, but your catch must
be weighed and three witnesses must
sign an affidavit attesting to its weight.
Special prizes are awarded each year
for top catches of 17 species of game
fish. For more information on register-
ing the ones that didn't get away, con-
tact the
Bermuda Department of
Tourism,
Global House, 43 Church St.,
Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda (
&
441/292-
0023;
www.bermudatourism.com).
Open daily 9am to 5pm.
promising grounds. The activities director at your hotel can help make fishing
arrangements for you.
Sailing
Bermuda is one of the world's sailing capitals. Sail-yourself boats are available to rent
for 2, 4 (half-day), and 8 (full-day) hours. A number of places charter yachts with
licensed skippers.
Blue Hole Water Sports
This outfitter rents sail-yourself Windsurfers or Sunfish
for $30 to $35 per hour. A wide range of other equipment is on hand, including single
($20) and double ($30) kayaks.
Grotto Bay Beach Hotel, 11 Blue Hole Hill, Hamilton Parish.
&
441/293-2915.
www.blueholewater.bm.
Daily 8:30am-5:30pm. Bus: 1, 3, 10, or 11.
Pompano Beach Club Watersports Centre
This is one of the island's best
outfitters, mainly because of its variety of modern boats. Windsurfers, which hold one
novice or experienced passenger, rent for $15 to $30 per hour depending on whether
you are a guest or nonguest. One or two people can rent a Sunfish sailboat for $30 to
$60 per hour. Single-person kayaks go for $15 to $30 for 1 hour; double kayaks, $15
to $30 for 1 hour. Two-person Sun Cats, which travel 9.5kmph (6 mph) and look like
motorized lawn chairs, go from $30 to $60 per hour.
36 Pompano Beach Rd., Southampton Parish.
&
441/234-0222.
www.pompanobeachclub.com. Mid-
May to Oct daily 10am-6pm. Bus: 7 or 8.
Sail Bermuda
Charter sailing and snorkeling are the features of this outfitter in
business since 1997. Clients are allowed great leeway in designing their own tours
(within reason, of course). Several watersports options are also available, including
parasailing, jet skiing, and scuba diving. Charters for up to six persons range from
$500 for a 3-hour jaunt to $800 for a 6-hour boat trip; for more than six, it's $25 per
person plus $100 per additional hour.
Caleb Zuill, 71 Harbour Rd., Paget Parish.
&
441/737-2993.
www.sailbermuda.com.
Somerset Bridge Watersports
Somerset Bridge is the best outlet for renting
Boston Whalers for island-hopping on your own. A 4m (13-ft.) Whaler (25 or 30 hp)
carries four and costs $75 for 2 hours, $120 for 4 hours, and $200 for 8 hours, plus
a gas fee of $25. Somerset provides lots of extras, such as canopies, special maps, a
ladder, a viewing box, and a fish and coral ID card. “Jet Ski Adventures” cost $105 for
