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Tortola and the British Virgin Islands
 
Three hundred years ago, the 50-plus islands of the British Virgin Islands swarmed with pirates, who took refuge in the protected waters and kept guard from secluded mountain look-outs. Some say there is still buried treasure.

Today, the fine sailing and magnificent anchorages still attract sailors from around the world and most visitors still spend much of their time in or on the sea.

The BVIs
Sopers Hole

Collect your catamaran at Nanny Cay Marina which is located 10 minutes away from Road Town, in the British Virgin Islands.
A variety of restaurants, shops and services surround you. This cruising destination provides the most desirable and idyllic cruising grounds in the world, the calm protected waters of the British Virgin Islands offer gentle sailing with a wide array of sheltered anchorage's and the perfect platform for all kinds of water sports.

  Scuba diving is popular around sunken reefs and wrecks. Among wreck dives, RMS Rhone is reckoned to be the best in the Western hemisphere. Once the pride of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, the Rhone hit Salt Island in a storm in 1867 and sunk. It is now an official marine park.

Snorkellers should visit the four caves at Norman Island, said to be the setting for Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Windsurfers benefit from steady winds and calm water. 		Scuba diving wrecks
 
  Little Dix Bay Walk through the Rain Forest in Tortola, an island which is a cruise in itself, with highlights like Cane Garden Bay (the archetypal Caribbean bay with golden beaches and waving palm trees), West End or Little Thatch.
Explore the labyrinth of islands, rarely more than two hours of sailing between anchorage's like Peter Island, Cooper Island, Virgin Gorda with its wonderful "Baths" (waterpools and grottos between huge rocks), Anegada and Jost Van Dyke, all are perfect for pleasure cruising.