BITTER END AT A GLANCE
Craig Wallace Dale
The Bitter End Yacht Club is well-suited for a wide range of boaters.
Getting there: The easiest way to the BVIs from the United States is through San Juan, Puerto Rico. A number of airlines fly between there and Tortola. From Tortola, it’s a $30 ferry ride to the Bitter End. Note: There is a $20 per-person departure tax when leaving the BVIs by air or $5 when leaving by sea.
Food: The Bitter End Yacht Club has three on-site restaurants, so visitors have a number of dining options, including theme-buffet dinners with live music, to ensure the vacation fun continues long after the sun goes down.
What to do: A visit to the Bitter End can be as action-packed or as relaxed as you’d like; it all depends on your mood. The resort has Hobbie Cats, Sunfish, and Boston Whalers available for rent; can arrange sportfishing charters or snorkeling trips to the nearby islands; offers sailing lessons for kids; and more. Anyone who visits should spend a morning or an afternoon exploring the rock formations or snorkeling among the grottos and crystal pools at the world-famous geological wonder known as The Baths; the Bitter End Yacht Club can provide a picnic lunch.
This article originally appeared in the February 2007 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.
Yowsahs: That’s alotta stairs! Not to worry: The resort also has golf carts that can pick you up and drop you off at your room if you prefer a more leisurely, vacation-like pace.
PMY advertising director David McGee (left) and associate editor Jeffrey Moser enjoy a ferry trip from Anegada to Virgin Gorda.
Any place on Virgin Gorda is the ideal spot to kick back with a cocktail and watch the sunset, but perhaps there’s no better view than from the porch of one of the Bitter End Yacht Club’s private bungalows, nestled neatly into the tropical island’s hillside.
Although the sales staff was already snorkeling when this photo was taken, our much-harder-working edit staff was busy proofreading and editing manuscripts. No, really: We weren’t bitter. We swear.
Visitors can be sure of one thing: They’ll be treated to good food, and lots of it! Guests can expect a delectable mix of local fare, ranging from jerk chicken to banana bread to mango salsa.
Who says that sales and edit can’t mix? Our charter and cruising editor Kim Kavin and mid-Atlantic sales rep Joe Illes prove otherwise.
The Bitter End Yacht Club’s private beach, complete with tiki huts for shade and lounge chairs. Not a sand lover? The yacht club’s nearby swimming pool (not shown) is an equally ideal spot to relax with a cocktail and soak up the sun.
A visit to Virgin Gorda wouldn’t be complete without a side trip to see the fascinating rock formations of The Baths.
The group that plays together, stays together. Here’s our (good-looking) edit, art, production, sales, and marketing staff. You know, the ones who work hard to ensure PMY remains the number-one marine publication in the country. In this photo, we’re on our way back from a day of important meetings on nearby Anegada island. And yes, “meeting” is PMY code for “snorkeling and fun in the sun.”
Our marketing director enjoys a moment of solitude–and a rum runner–at the beach on Anegada.
