British Virgin Islands

Passengers Aboard Royal Caribbean Report Having Diarrhea; Ship Cuts Cruise Short

The Vision of the Seas had to turn back from its 11-day cruise after passengers basically started puking all over the place. The Royal Caribbean ship docked at Port Everglades on Friday morning after a number of passengers as well as crew members showed symptoms of what the company is calling a spr ... More >>

There's A Tropical Storm Headed Our Way, Maybe

According to the National Hurricane Center, a tropical depression cooked up in the Atlantic early this morning, and is expected to become a tropical storm sometime today. TD 9, as they are calling it, had maximum sustained winds near 35 mph as of 2 p.m. today, and is moving west at 18 mph about 500 ... More >>

Bahama Breeze's Legendary Island Cocktails: Staycation in a Glass

It's time to plan your summer vacation and there's not enough cash in the piggy bank to book that trip to St. Bart's.  Who cares about a villa in Barbados when you can hop over to Bahama Breeze and take a trip to the Caribbean with their new line of Legendary Island Cocktails?Eight cocktails fr ... More >>

Interview with Bimini Boatyard Chef Michael Bennett, Part II

Michael Bennett​Yesterday we featured part I of our interview with Bimini Boatyard's chef Michael Bennett. If you missed it, you can read it here. In part II, chef Bennett talks about living in the Caribbean and what it's like to serve a ton of seafood in one weekend. Clean Plate Charlie: ... More >>

Family Returns After More Than a Year at Sea

Flickr: Chuck Cutler​In March 2008, the Forlini family launched their 42-foot catamaran from Fort Lauderdale. Mike Forlini; his wife, Sotiria Klironomos; and their two grade-school-aged children, Dantes and Matteo, cruised the Caribbean for the next year and a half, making stops at a host of islan ... More >>

Drink o' the Month

For this month's DotM, the greatest thing to come out of el Caribe since reggae

Sunk

An American sailor's Caribbean sojourn comes to a watery and excruciating end

Shape Up or Ship Out

A Legendary Bachelor Pad Sets Sail -- Again

Part plane, part boat, the Cosmic Muffin claims links to billionaire recluse Howard Hughes and musician-merchandiser Jimmy Buffett