Nanny Cay Resort & Marina spearheading boats removal from SCB Harbour
The harbour has been an eyesore for almost seven years following two Category 5 hurricanes in 2017. Many boats of all sizes had been damaged during the monster storms, resulting in them being submerged or partially.
Those vessels underwater cannot be seen and are causing hazardous conditions for boaters.
According to someone familiar with the operations, a survey has revealed some 60 derelict vessels in the Sea Cows Bay Harbour.
Nanny Cay & others helping
Mr Sutherland Pilch has received support from Husky Salvage and Towing, along with businessman Ricky E. Connor of Ricky’s 24hr Trucking & Sewage Disposal in the dialect boat removal operation.
So far, Nanny Cay has removed two boats from the Sea Cows Bay Harbour and has placed them in its boat yard to be crushed.
Third District Representative Hon Julian Fraser RA has been one of many voices in the district advocating for the boats' removal.
Earlier this week, Former Speaker of the House of Assembly and Sea Cows Bay resident Julian Willock took to his Facebook page to announce the start of the cleanup, which began on March 26, 2024. Mr Willock praised Mr Sutherland Pilch for his work on the project.
Mr Willock noted in his Facebook post, “I continue to insist that the Sea Cows Bay Harbour must be cleaned up now….”.
Willock, Forbes and Nanny Cay doing other projects
Mr Willock, along with Ms Kishma P. Forbes of Virgin Islands School and Office Supplies, has team up with Mr Sutherland Pilch of Nanny Cay to do some other projects in District Three. Last year they hosted a successful job fair at Nanny Cay where some residents were hired on the spot in the marine sector. They have also said the job fair will be an annual event. Nanny Cay has also raised funds to support a food pantry organised by Forbes and Willock for District Three and made contributions to the St George’s Secondary School, in the form of some benches.
It is our understanding that a total of three boats will be removed in the first instant from the Sea Cows Bay Harbour by Nanny Cay and after the 2024 Spring Regatta consideration will be given to removing others.
The cost of the project to Nanny Cay is unknown as up to publication time General Manager Mr Sutherland Pilch did not return answers to our news center’s questions.
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32 Responses to “Nanny Cay Resort & Marina spearheading boats removal from SCB Harbour”
The boats were abandoned in public waters for almost 7 years. Maybe the government gave him the right to recover and take ownership of the boats and do what he wants with them. So why don't you work out a similar deal with the government and stow them in your yard to "make money"?
Does VIP only means Virgin Island Party or does it also means Very Ignorant Party that has ignored their responsibility to the voting public?
Figure it out in your mind
Willock up next after Fraser
The RDA couldnt get it done...the NDP couldnt get it done. the VIP couldnt get it done.
These boats have been a disgusting mess for locals and tourists to look at...government doesnt give a damn..boating tourism is such a massive income fir BVI and government doesnt recognize just hoe important it is to remove the boats. rather they spend money on a road to nowhere in roadtown...or partner in a new hotel in port purcel..forget all the crap thats in the water
well done well done well done.
well done to Willoc nanny cay and husky salvage and ithers involved. lead the way
cab we know the answer to this please. it cant just go into land fill
if no one cares about the environmental impact of burning them...come live west end when they do burn them.
or just tow them out to 3000' of water and sink them.
out of sight out of mind i think is your philodoohy. the governments philosophy is bury its head and let someone else deal with it
nothing in life comes free.
Don't kill west end people with it