Welcome to All At Sea Caribbean and our annual look at what’s going on in the effervescent world of charter. I chose the adjective ‘effervescent’ because that’s what a charter should do, it should fizz. As a guest, one who has paid a lot of money and probably traveled from afar to join the boat,…
Hero and entertainer, Anthony Noel ‘Tony’ Snell, who has died aged 91, was the owner and star performer at the Last Resort on Bellamy Cay in the BVI, a ‘must stop’ on the charter boat circuit. Coming of age in wartime Europe, Tony Snell joined the Royal Air Force and after training in the United…
By now the Off Season is behind us. It’s a funny thing but by the end of the summer season, as August winds down, everyone in the tourism industry is ready for a break; restful weekends and holidays are anticipated as employees wave goodbye to the last tourists with a sigh of relief. But by…
There are many unusual issues that confront a group of people, especially several couples, when they are confined to the relatively small space of an average charter boat. As local personality and entertainer Tony Snell said: “Your oldest best friends can soon become your newest worst enemies.†Areas of contention include the sharing of domestic…
You haven’t seen energy in action until you’ve met Tony Snell who, after eight decades, is still planning his next project. I met Tony at The Last Resort, built with his late wife, Jackie, some 30+ years ago. Born in Tumbridge Wells, Kent, and educated at Cheltenham College, Tony volunteered for the RAF when he was 18.A…