The second is that Norman Island is home to the famous Willy T’s bar. Willy T’s is a large boat turned restaurant and bar that is popular among the day trip crowds. It is known in the Virgin Islands community for it’s second story edge, where you can watch countless people jumping off the top deck. Sometimes, butt naked.
If you know me, you know I LOVE adventure, so there was no way I was leaving without jumping off the top deck. I did choose to remain clothed, but nonetheless, the jumps were incredible. After all, how many people can say they have jumped from the Willy T’s in the British Virgin Islands?
Willy T’s is a nickname given to the boat of William Thornton. William Thornton was the architect for the US Capitol Building. It wasn’t always the Willy T’s we know and love today. It began as a Baltic trading vessel until 1989, when the wooden boat became a restaurant. It’s been about 6 years since the replacement from the original wooden boat to a steel shunner.
(That boat has since been lost to Hurricane Irma and has been replaced with another. At this present time, I believe Willy T’s has returned to it’s home at Norman Island of Willy T’s. In 2018, there were some issues between the government, island, and the owners and apparently Willy T’s was to move to another island. That is what I call drama in the Caribbean.)
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