Cruisers and charterers sailing within USVI waters should be aware of the changing rules and regulations for sailing in the Virgin Islands and throughout the Caribbean this winter as the various island territories endeavor to successfully manage tourists on land and sea during the current pandemic. The BVI in particular have issued rules allowing boaters back into the country but be careful when navigating around the waters of the USVI to avoid the published exclusion zone. They have boarded and ticketed vessels and in a recent case detained the entire crew ashore while awaiting sarges to be filed. See the government press release here.