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Monday, April 26 – Acting in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Holidays Act (Cap 199), as amended, Cabinet has approved the following public holidays for 2011:

Monday, 3rd January New Year’s Day (In lieu of Saturday, 1st January)
Monday, 7th March The Anniversary of the Birth of Hamilton Lavity Stoutt
Monday, 14th March Commonwealth Day
Friday, 22nd April Good Friday
Monday, 25th April Easter Monday
Saturday, 11th June Sovereign’s Birthday (to be confirmed)
Monday, 13th June Whit Monday
Friday, 1st July Territory Day
Monday, 1st August Festival Monday
Tuesday, 2nd August Festival Tuesday
Wednesday, 3rd August Festival Wednesday
Friday, 21st October St. Ursula’s Day
Monday, 26th December Christmas Day (In lieu of Sunday, 25th December)
Tuesday, 27th December Boxing Day (In lieu of Monday, 26th December)

Why do clever investors learn from history? 

The saying goes, the day you purchase real estate is the day you make money.  Buy the right home, in the right location, at the right price and at the right time and you will have a fantastic investment and a island retreat to enjoy with your closest friends and family. 

Prices are going to go higher, here in the BVI, as they always have in the past.  So buy now.  Real estate is REAL, not like other investments that might disappear.  The British Virgin Islands just keep getting better. 

How do I know this?? 30 years selling property in the British Virgin Islands, has taught me, that the prices keep going up.  We have a paradise here and people know it.  Our real estate is considered treasure, the world over.

There is a recession, no doubt about it.  A handful of homeowners in order to move on with their lives, have lowered their prices.  Now is the perfect time to buy real estate in the BVI.  Take advantage of the very few, reduced prices you will find on our website.

It is time to get serious and save money by purchasing this year.  Each year you wait, will cost you dearly.  Most of you reading this Blog have been looking for BVI real estate, for sometime and are fully apprised of this market. 

Please call us, we will be happy to answer your questions clarify your thinking and assist you in all aspects of buying a home in the BVI; so you can confidently move forward and purchase your home or villa under the sapphire sky of the BVI. 

Call 1 284 542 2222

I love to post items to this Blog that give info about what is happening in the BVI.  I hope you all enjoy them.

This morning while sitting on my waterfront porch, I thought I would write about the state of British Virgin Islands Real Estate.

As most of you already know, it only takes a few dozen buyers to keep our market ticking over.  This year is no different.  We are showing property like crazy and even working weekends! 

As with every recession, the British Virgin Islands property market gets to feel it, at some point.  This year we are have a few owners who do wish to sell and get on with their life plans and have lowered their prices.  Other owners are more than willing to just wait for their price while enjoying the fabulous tropical living the BVI affords them.

Please check out our website often and if this is your year to buy your dream home in the BVI, just do it.  Real estate is real and our property appreciates in value year after year.  Plus you get to enjoy the life you deserve and have worked towards for your entire life.

Now is the time to buy in the BVI, as we have some super properties at fantastic prices.  Call us today and we will be happy to discuss your BVI home requirements and help your dreams come true.

Island 'I do' for Kristy
Andrew Hornery
February 7, 2009

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Her matrimonial home may have 19 bathrooms at her disposal, but the expat model Kristy Hinze is opting for the more laid back attractions of the British Virgin Islands for her wedding to the US billionaire Jim Clark next month.

And at $US51,000 ($78,000) a night, it's practically a steal.

PS hears Hinze, 28, and Clark, 64, will host an extravagant series of celebrations on a private island in the Caribbean, most likely Necker Island or the alarmingly named Mosquito Island, which are a hop, skip and jump from Clark's humungous Palm Beach mansion.

Guests from Sydney will fly to Miami, then make their way to St Thomas and Virgin Gorda before boarding Clark's cruise liner, the $US100 million superyacht Athena. The islands, within view of each other, are considered the world's most exclusive private resorts and are owned by Sir Richard Branson.

Hinze and her entourage of Sydney party types, along with Clark and his wealthy but much older friends, will be able to soak up the stunning and unspoilt slice of the Caribbean, free of those dreaded long-lensed paparazzi. Instead it will be flamingos and ancient tortoises (not the two-legged billionaire variety but those with shells) to keep the wedding party company as they splash in the turquoise waters with coral reefs and beautiful white beaches.

The islands, which boast 50 staff, set the maximum number of guests at 28, but the Athena is expected to take on any overflow.

Hinze's fairytale marriage will continue when she returns to Florida and Clark's mega-mansion, an almost 6300-square-metre pile which has 19 bathrooms, a lift, four patios, two pools and a tunnel leading to a mystery destination.

Known as Il Palmetto, the 1930 Italian-style home is surrounded by two hectares of gardens and man-made lakes along South Ocean Boulevard, dubbed "Billionaires' Row".

Coming to the BVI to look at Real Estate?

Well check this out and if you are going to be here do not miss out.

What a way to spend an evening after looking for at real estate for sale in the British Virgin Islands.

Taken from Eric Stone's website www.boatsongs.com

Feb

Feb 1: "Solo", Chicago Intn'l Boatshow , Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

Feb 5: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 6: "Solo", One Love 1-4pm, White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 6: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 7: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 8: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 12-16: "Solo", Miami Intn'l Boatshow Daily (noon-close), Miamarina, Bayside, Miami, FL

Feb 14: "Full Band", Latitudes & Attitudes Cruisers Party, 6-?pm, Miamarina, Bayside, Miami, FL

Feb 18: "Solo", Latitide 18 7-10pm, Red Hook, St. Thomas, USVI

Feb 19: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 20: "Solo", One Love 1-4pm, White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 20: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 21: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 22: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 25: "Solo", Latitide 18 7-10pm, Red Hook, St. Thomas, USVI

Feb 26: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 27: "Solo", One Love 1-4pm, White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 27: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Feb 28: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar

Mar 1: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 4: "Solo", Latitide 18 7-10pm, Red Hook, St. Thomas, USVI

Mar 5: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 6: "Solo", One Love 1-4pm, White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 6: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 7: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 8: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 11: "Solo", Latitide 18 7-10pm, Red Hook, St. Thomas, USVI

Mar 12: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 13: "Solo", One Love 1-4pm, White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 13: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 14: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 15: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 18: "Solo", Latitide 18 7-10pm, Red Hook, St. Thomas, USVI

Mar 19: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 20: "Solo", One Love 1-4pm, White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 20: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 21: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 22: "Solo", Corsairs 7-10pm, Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Mar 25: "Solo", Latitide 18 7-10pm, Red Hook, St. Thomas, USVI  

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Nanny Cay to be host Marina for Caribbean 1500, Atlantic Cup

BVI News

The Cruising Rally Association announced today that Nanny Cay Resort & Marina, the British Virgin Islands' flagship marina, will be the Caribbean Host Marina for its sailing events.

The first Cruising Rally Association event to be hosted by Nanny Cay will be the Atlantic Cup Rally departing from the Nanny Cay Marina on Tortola, May 03, and finishing in Bermuda four to five days later.

The Atlantic Cup is the companion rally to November's Caribbean 1500 and offers the opportunity for returning cruisers to enjoy the camaraderie, competition, and adventure of an 850-mile rally. Pre-start festivities and skipper briefings will begin on May 01 at Nanny Cay.

The Atlantic Cup is open to sailors with well founded offshore boats at least 38 feet long and crews of two or more. It is not limited to veterans of other Cruising Rally Association events.

The second event is the Caribbean 1500 slated for November 02, 2009. The 2009 Caribbean 1500 Rally will be the 20th annual running of this event making it the largest and longest-running offshore cruising event in the Americas.

Steve Black, President and Founder of the Cruising Rally Association, anticipates a record entry of returning Ralliers for the anniversary activities.

"Nanny Cay, with its marina, hotel and boat yard offers a broad range of facilities, services, and amenities which will be a popular choice with our Atlantic Cup and Caribbean 1500 participants," said Black.

"This will be the 20th year of the Caribbean 1500 and we believe that Nanny Cay will be a particularly fine place to celebrate," he added.

"We are very pleased to be part of the Cruising Rally Association events. The fact that we are attracting high quality events, shows that we are creating a world-class marina here in the British Virgin Islands. We're extremely well suited to attend to the needs of the skippers, crew, and guests associated with these events," said Miles Sutherland-Pilch, General Manager of Nanny Cay.

Nanny Cay Resort & Marina is located between Road Town and West End on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. Its fully equipped marina and boat repair facility has berths for 180 motor cruisers and yachts and two boat lifts of 50 and 70 tons capacity.

Nanny Cay also includes a 40-room hotel and new waterfront townhouses for purchase and rental, two restaurants, a chandlery, a small supermarket, shops and boutiques, a dive shop, a water sports center, free WiFi service, and a gym and spa.

The Cruising Rally Association rallies retain some of the competitive elements of traditional sailboat races, but offer social, educational and technological enhancements that broaden the appeal of the event to couples and families, as well as racers - both experienced and first-timers.

The Cruising Rally Association is widely supported by leading companies in the marine, tourism, and financial industries. In addition to the Nanny Cay Resort & Marina, sponsors include Davenport & Company LLC, West Marine, Blue Water Sailing, World Cruising Ltd., Switlik, ICOM, Quantum Sail Design, Gill, OCENS, Bluewater Yachting Center, Hampton's Towne Bank and Towne Mortgage, Hampton Roads Convention and Visitors Bureau, Mount Gay Rum, and Reed's Almanac.

For full information on future Cruising Rally Association events, visit www.carib1500.com. For more information on Nanny Cay visit: www.nannycay.com.