July 4th, 2019
Great news for all wannabe pirates and fans of the legendary Willy T floating bar and restaurant. On July 2nd, after months of uncertainly, the Willy T was moved from Great Harbour on Peter Island back to its original home in The Bight on Norman Island. Judging by the response on social media, it looks like the Willy T’s supporters are elated to have it back home.
Unfortunately, the original Willy T was destroyed during hurricane Irma. When its replacement vessel arrived in the BVI on May 10, 2018 it was denied anchorage at Norman Island by the BVI Government and moved to Peter Island. Fortunately, after recent negotiations, the BVI Government decided to allow the Willy T to relocate back to its original location in The Bight on Norman Island.
Glad to see the Willy T is finally back where it belongs!
BVI Traveller was created in September of 2017 to help tourism in the British Virgin Islands recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma.
To that end, we met our goals. In the past 7 years there have been over 1.2 million visits to the website and over 3 million pages have been viewed. There are over 1,000 pages on the site featuring news posts and detailed listings on all hotels, villas, restaurants and sailing charters located in the BVI. The BVI Government and many business, hotels, villas and sailing charters have all agreed that the site “moved the needle on tourism” after Irma.
The site, however, has run its course. It has served its purpose by bringing visitors and local businesses together to rebuild the tourist industry and it is now time to shut down operations for good.
I want to thank everyone for your help and support.
Chuck Metter