I am happy to report we have had a better experience with Boaty Ball over the past 2 days and have successfully secured a ball in Leverick Bay. Of course, we’ve had to have our trigger fingers ready at exactly 7:00am. We checked the status of the other balls in the field immediately after and they were all reserved in nanoseconds.

Still on the fence whether this is the right program for the BVI’s. The pros are having the ability of securing a ball in advance, obviously, and that the mooring balls are well maintained. The cons are: there are limited number of balls which creates a feeding frenzy for the available balls to reserve in advance. It may be better for Boaty Ball to invest in laying more balls in the locations they serve. Who knows.

Looking forward to testing our luck at some of the other hot spots.