The Bitter End Yacht Club Family Activities

Sailing
If you can handle a sailboat, take your kids snorkeling on one of the complimentary Sunfish or Boston whalers. Many Bitter End packages include a three-hour introductory sailing class. Families with 'tweens and teens can take this workshop together and, for more instruction, sign-up for private lessons. The resorts Junior Watersports program targets teens 13 to 17. As a family, show off your skills by participating in the weekly sailing regatta.

Kids "Club"
When children ages five to 12 are in-house, the resort offers two- to three-hours of activities once or twice day. These include a kid's kayak outing, sailing trip or a snorkeling trip ,as well as afternoon arts and crafts at the resorts crafts center. With many children on property the resort may host an evening kids-only dinner followed by a movie or other activity.

Special sailing camps, geared for ages five to 12, operate during February President's Week, Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving (not summer). Through mostly hands-on instruction, kids learn basic sailing as well as go tube riding and race in family regattas. In summer, the resort offers Junior Sailing classes for ages 7 and older.

Movies
The outdoor "theater" is a bit small, but it offers two movie screenings nightly, as well as a TV during the day running CNN and other news. Good to have, since the rooms come without TVs. At Bitter End, the goal is to be out and about and enjoying the water!

Excursions
Hop aboard a number of the resort's sailing charters and visit The Baths, a must-see when visiting BVI. Here, snorkel the clear blue waters, climb in, around and through huge beachside boulders and caverns, and swim in private pools of water. When you're all done, climb the hill to grab a burger and a drink and look out at the view of sailboats moored in the bay. Other excursions include a visit to Norman Island, the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" or Anegada, a tiny spit of land that requires a sail on open water to reach.

Catch More Wind
Kiteboarding is big at the Bitter End, and instructors are on hand to teach X Game-loving teens and their parents how to let the wind carry them away while kneeboarding. This sport is extreme and you may get bruised during the lessons but if you catch the wind, you'll literally fly through the air.