If the Caribbean had a national sport, it might be drinking. Find out which watering holes are serving your favourite contenders and what makes them so delicious...if the barkeeps will tell you.

A dozen Caribbean denizens and some top places to see them.

I came to the Bitter End with the loose intention of learning how to sail. OK, that’s not entirely true: I arrived on Virgin Gorda with fantastical visions of standing at the helm and hurtling out of the North Sound and into the open sea, squinting heroically into the salt spray and barking orders to first mate Stovall with timber-shivering authority. Trim this! Hoist that! Batten down the other thing! But after damned near sinking a Boston Whaler (a dinghy with the slogan “The Unsinkable Legend”) in two feet of water on my first day, I have grave misgivings.

You’re in love. Big-time. And you want to show it in a suitably big way. A bottle of Asti Spumante and a heart-shaped bathtub in the Poconos won’t cut it this time—better head to Steele Point, doubtless one of the most astonishing rentable homes on earth.

Five places to channel your inner Robinson Crusoe—without ending up a true castaway.

Though the words "beach" and "bar" together in a sentence pretty much guarantee a good time, here's a list of our six favorite beach bars in the Caribbean. 

Mix one disorderly former editor in chief, a bevy of bars and a very big boat: The British Virgin Islands will never be the same.

Everything you need to know from choosing the right yacht or sailboat to properly provisioning your boat for a week of sailing.

Planning your next sailing or island vacation in the British Virgin Islands? Check out my detailed sailing itinerary, photo gallery and destination guide to these beautiful Caribbean islands.

Straight from Biras Creek in the BVI, this tropical drink recipe is their twist on the famous piña colada.

This tropical drink was named after Lennox, Biras Creek Resort’s veteran bartender (20 years), who kindly created this concoction with the Caribbean Travel & Life readers in mind.