Should you stay on one island or charter a yacht to explore the BVI?

For a week in the BVI, chartering a yacht beats staying on one island for most travelers: the islands sit close enough that the boat becomes a moving villa. Nearly every hop is line-of-sight and under two hours: The Baths on Virgin Gorda, the caves at Norman Island, White Bay on Jost Van Dyke, Cane Garden Bay. Unpack once. Wake somewhere new. A land-based stay ties every excursion to ferry timetables and day-boat operators, which turns the territory’s best asset (sixty islands within sight of one another) into a logistics problem. The Sir Francis Drake Channel stays calm and protected, so seasickness rarely decides it. A single resort suits travelers who want one pool and zero movement; everyone else should start by planning the charter week around two or three must-see anchorages.