Tortola Island is the biggest island (at 26 square kms) with the largest population. It also has the most shops, restaurants, hotels and yacht charter operators, along with some great rain forest. Virgin Gorda is the second biggest at 8 square kms. Some of the other Islands scattered about the place include Jost Van Dyke, Great Camanoe, Norman, Peter, Salt, Cooper, Ginger, Dead Chest, and Anegada. The British Virgin Islands offers yacht charters plenty of superb islands and calm water cruising - all in one relatively closely grouped area.
Jost Van Dyke is a major yacht charter anchorage where little bars line the beach at Great Harbor. Many of the other Islands only have a single hotel or restaurant or are completely uninhabited. Most, like Peter Island, offer great anchorages for charter yachts and their crew to relax for the night.
The British Virgins Islands is the place of yachting and yacht charter legend as well as pirate legends. This is where the famous pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach, or Edward Thatch) sailed the British Virgin Islands and lived at Soper's Hole between the years of 1715 and 1718.
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The British Virgin Islands (BVI for short) is one of the classic Caribbean yacht charter vacation areas and a great place for a sailing or motor boat vacation. If you like safe and beautiful anchorages surrounded by lovely waterside restaurants, The British Virgin Islands is where to find it. You will also find gentle sailing, gorgeous snorkeling, stunning beaches - all mixed up in a relaxed and gentle serenity. This is really are one of the most noted luxury yacht charter cruising grounds around and a British Virgin Islands yacht charter vacation is well worth it. Serene it may be now, but it is not difficult to imagine the colorful cutthroat pirates and buccaneers who once used these islands as a hideaway from which to launch their raids on galleon gold!
This is now a hotspot for superyachts, mega yachts and crewed luxury yachts. Some are available for charter and some are private yachts, some catamarans, are sailing and others motor - there is a very wide selection of boats in the BVIs. The reason the boats and yacht rentals come here is because of the almost unsurpassed beauty of the beaches, islands and anchorages in the Virgin Islands - this is Caribbean yachting paradise.
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