On May 24, hundreds of boaters competed in the 14th annual Leverick Bay Poker. The event doled out large cash prizes and donated thousands of dollars to charity. According to co-organizer Javier Lopez from JL Marketing in Puerto Rico, 225 boats participated in this year’s event, with 185 poker hands sold. “The Poker Run is…
Hundreds of boats zipped out of North Sound to start the 13th annual Leverick Bay Poker Run on May 25. The event attracted more than 200 boats from around the region and almost as many hands of poker were played, which helped raise $13,000 for charity. “We broke the record once again,” co-organizer Javier López…
What could be more salty than the Salty Dawg Rally? The Salty Dawg Rally starts November 4th from the Bluewater Yachting Center in Hampton, Virginia, and finishes in the British Virgin Islands, or the Bahamas, or the destination of your choice! Is that salty or what? Since the first event the Salty Dawg Rally (SDR)…
Virgin Gorda’s North Sound hasn’t seen pirates in hundreds of years, but recently the area was invaded during the sixth annual Leverick Bay Dinghy Poker Run. Instead of plundering and pillaging, about 100 people, dressed as pirates, collected cards at five stops in the sound in hopes of forming the best poker hand. The dinghy…
Female swimmers made the most wake during the fourth annual Swim the Sound fundraiser for Virgin Islands Search and Rescue on June 3rd in Virgin Gorda’s North Sound. The top finishers in the two and three mile races were Amanda Grant and Sara Columbus, respectively. Grant, a BVI resident, was competing in the swim for…
The Leverick Bay Poker Run on Virgin Gorda just keeps getting bigger and bigger, claims organizer Nick Willis. Eleven years ago only 15 boats participated, but now it has grown to more than 150 boats. “There were so many boats you couldn’t see water in the harbor,” Willis said after the award ceremony at Leverick…
Sailors and boating enthusiasts meet for a poker game during which they sail to several locations in the BVI in search of 5 cards, seeking the winning hand at the end of the day.