Caribbean Cruises

This summer, Sail Caribbean Divers, our BVI Scuba Diving center, organized a contest for the best underwater photograph taken by a Sail Caribbean student.  The results were emailed to all participants at the end of the summer.  Armando Jenik, our friend and renowned underwater photographer, helped with the final selection of the winners:

1st Place:  Tyler Davidson’s photo of a school of fish.  Tyler is the proud winner of a Digital Underwater camera.

1st Runner Up
Chase Schoelkopf’s photo of a skin diver
2nd Runner Up
Neil Hershman’s shot of a plane wreck

Well done Tyler and everybody else who sent in their pictures!
 

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The definitive guide to sailing in the British Virgin Islands recognizes Sail Caribbean’s 30 year history in its August 2009 YachtGuide edition.  Based on interviews with founder Mike Liese and Mike Rowe, Sail Caribbean Divers’ own PADI Course Director, this article describes how Sail Caribbean started in 1979 as "a bit of survival and a bit on a yacht", and has grown into today’s leading teen summer adventure program and premier dive center in the BVI.  Check out the full story on BVI YachtGuide.

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Our early summer programs, Echo College Leadership & Sailing Expedition and Early Bravo Sailing, Scuba & Watersports, have already sailed, dived, tubed, wakeboarded, snorkeled, hiked, learned, danced and explored the Caribbean.  Those students can now entertain their friends at home with tales of adventure.  Check out the Photo Albums from those programs.
The rest of our teen summer adventure programs (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Foxtrot & Tango) have left the docks.  Be sure to follow their travels on our Trip Updates.  Sign up to receive updates by email - just find the trip updates you want and follow the link on the right side of that page:  "Sign up by email".

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The winner has been chosen for The Gallery Collection’s 1st Annual Write-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest. The winner will take part in Sail Caribbean’s Foxtrot Environmental Service, Scuba & Sailing program, participating in marine preservation, scuba diving, sailing, water sports, and ocean exploration throughout the British Virgin Islands.

Congratulations to Dominique Pankey of Appomattox, Virginia, who submitted the winning entry - a creative and effective message about the importance of preserving our environment, written on the inside of a greeting card to President Obama!

To read Dominique’s entry along with the four additional finalists and the 15 honorable mentions, visit the Gallery Collection’s blog: http://www.gallerycollection.com/blog/eco-friendly/write-a-greeting-card-scholarship-finalists/.

Sail Caribbean and The Gallery Collection would like to thank all the entrants for the effort you put into writing such persuasive and inspirational messages to President Obama. The top one hundred entries are being sent to President Obama!

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Sail Caribbean Divers has expanded! We are proud to announce that we now have a new full-service dive shop in the Bight on Norman Island, located on the beach next to the renowned Pirate’s Bight Beach Bar & Grill, famous for its food and nightly […]

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It’s official!  Scuba Diving magazine recognizes the British Virgin Islands for its fantastic wreck diving.
"Any conversations about wreck diving in the Caribbean usually begin and end with the RMS Rhone, off Salt Island. The 310-foot ship lies[…]

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In celebration of our 30th year this summer, we’ve got a new logo, our third in three decades. Think we’ve improved with age?

1979 – 1994
1994 – 2008
And […]

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The Today Show’s Matt Lauer was in Belize this past week for their Ends of the Earth special, highlighting conservation efforts in Belize. He interviewed Alex Tilley, station manager of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Glover’s Reef Atoll Station, whic[…]

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Foxtrot Environmental Service, Sailing and Scuba students worked hard during this past Summer 2008 collecting data on sea turtles, coral reefs, water quality, and sea grass beds. The specific data collected by Sail Caribbean students is submitted to local[…]

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Foxtrot Jr and our friends at Tortola’s Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) made the news in the Virgin Islands!  Check out the story on the Virgin Islands news website:
U.S. and Local Youth Join Together to Learn More About Protecting our Environment
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