Leonidas MarousosYacht charter broker, DMA Yachting
The holy trinity: the Soggy Dollar on Jost Van Dyke, home of the Painkiller, named because you traditionally swim ashore and pay with wet money; the Willy T, a floating bar off Norman Island where people jump from the top deck; and Foxy’s at Great Harbour, the calypso institution. Add Saba Rock and the Anegada lobster shacks and you have the circuit.
By yacht is the only correct way to do them: you anchor off, dinghy or swim in, and leave when the mood turns, with your own boat waiting instead of a ferry schedule. Crews know the rhythm, which bars roar at sunset and which are magic at 11 am with nobody around.
Tell us your group’s energy on the preference sheet, party circuit or one quiet Painkiller at anchor, and the route gets built to match. The full circuit, with what each bar does best: 7 legendary BVI beach bars to visit by yacht.