The anchor chain clunks over the bow as it drops into the baby-blue waters of White Bay on Jost Van Dyke, the smallest of the four main islands that make up the BVIs. This once sleepy backwater is now a rollicking shoreside hangout that takes its name from the pirate Joost van Dyk, who used these waters as a hideaway in a break from his regular programme of skulduggery and havoc-wreaking in the Spanish West Indies. Today, its shores are lined with leaning palms and vibrant beach bars, their patrons spilling out onto the sands and into the shallows as they comb the shoreline for gold doubloons and long-lost pieces of eight.
For those yet to discover pirate gold, cash no matter its condition - is still generally accepted. Home to the world-famous Soggy Dollar bar, Jost Van Dyke is a requisite stop for anyone sailing the BVIs. There is no dock, so the only way to
