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BVI Chartering in the Pandemic
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Feb 23, 2021
Photo by Peter Nielsen
The week before I flew out to the British Virgin Islands for a bareboat charter, I was having a few second thoughts. The islands had broken out of their Covid-enforced tourism hiatus in December, but the conditions of entry seemed a little stringent: a negative Covid test within five days of arrival, proof of travel insurance covering Covid, an online gateway for permission to enter, a second test on arrival, a third after four days of quarantine. (For a summary of BVI Covid requirements, click here. When the U.S. government announced you would need a negative Covid test within three days of your return flight, it all seemed a little too much. Would it all be worthwhile?
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A rendering of Saba Rock in the North Sound of Virgin Gorda, which is reopening this spring after an extensive renovation.
I must admit, I ve never met a Caribbean island that I didn t like. But I do have my favorites.
The British Virgin Islands are definitely among my favorites. The 60 or so islands and cays east of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are the top of the necklace of islands in the Leeward Islands of the northeastern Caribbean.
After being shut down for months by the pandemic, the destination reopened to international travelers on Dec. 1 with a list of protocols and health and safety measures similar to what many other island countries in the region have in place.