The Wonky Dog

Sailors talk about Anegada in almost protective tones, and Potter’s is exactly why, unpretentious drinks and local lobster steps from world-class reef snorkeling.

Perched on a literal sliver of rock accessible only by water taxi, Saba Rock somehow became one of North Sound’s essential stops for the endless parade of yachts anchoring around it.

Anegada’s coral reef is one of the largest in the world, and Cow Wreck sits right where it breaks offshore, some of the best lobster in the entire BVI pulled straight from those waters.

Getting to Bitter End is half the story: boat, tender, taxi, shuttle – sailors have it easier. Born in the late ’60s as a jetty and a handful of cottages, it grew into one of the BVI’s top sailing destinations before Hurricane Irma erased it completely in 2017. It reopened in December 2021, rebuilt around a beach bar fashioned from a converted boat, overlooking the North Sound with views across the other Virgin Islands. Mostly well-heeled, repeat-visit yachters, but the vibe is loose and unpretentious despite the upscale surroundings. Local Leatherback Brewery drafts, a proper Painkiller, and a bar sampler menu that overdelivers. Worth the trouble.