Just as The Moorings have tried to tell owners and customers. These changes are very complex. The core is an increase in revenue the boat community will pay to own, sail, sleep on, charter, rent, visit with, and also sometimes fish on.

If you read the law if you fish on a boat that boat must be clearly marked with flag and numbers you can see from the water and air. We have US states that demand the same. The BVI did not invent this in 1997.

paint the vessels State flag in a manner that is
clearlyvisible from the sea and air;
(iii) display in a manner that is clearly visible fromthe
sea and air the vessel's international radio call sign; and(iv) display in a manner that is clearly visible from the sea and air the number assigned to the vessel in its
licence or on any regional register established under section 32 (1) (f) of the Act;

 Owners are responsible for having the letters and numbers detailed to their vessel conspicuously painted on the top and sides part of the vessel.

The large fleet operators and their lawyers more than get the risk. There will be some lobbying on both sides to settle just how much more boat owners, charter operators, and unilaterally many customers will pay more than they pay today to visit the BVI, Those numbers will settle closer to the new USVI rate of 12.5% that everyone pays to sleep on St. Thomas and St. John.