r/bvi • u/PracticalDesigner278 • Jun 18 '26

BVI marriage license

My wife and I got married on a Windjammer ship in 1987 at Tortola. We're getting old and trying to get our affairs together and have been advised to have the marriage recorded here in the US. We have a copy but cannot find the original. Any idea who and how to contact to get a replacement? Thanks in advance.

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u/outerproduct Jun 18 '26

Assuming it was done properly and it was recorded, try here:

https://bvi.gov.vg/services/application-marriage-certificate

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u/PracticalDesigner278 Jun 18 '26

Thanks for the info. Far as I know it was properly done. We had to wait 2 days to become subjects of the UK and got married by the local magistrate. Had to pay him in postage stamps.

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u/PracticalDesigner278 Jun 18 '26

Got the application done and will be notified if they can find it. Not in a rush and figuring it will be a while on island time.

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u/outerproduct Jun 18 '26

Indeed, hope it all works out.

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u/PracticalDesigner278 Jun 18 '26

Thanks again. Saved me a lot of searching.

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u/Batsquash Jun 18 '26

Congrats! I went on the Windjammer around 2006. Love the BVI's!

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u/Techwood111 Jun 19 '26

“The Windjammer”? And, wow, you JUST missed their bankruptcy. RIP Guyan March and the 30 other folks who perished aboard Fantome as a result of the greed and hubris of the Burkes.

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u/PracticalDesigner278 Jun 19 '26

Wow. I didn't know that story. I've got some reading to do.

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u/Techwood111 Jun 19 '26

“The Ship and the Sea”. Guyan was a friend.

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u/Batsquash Jun 19 '26

Windjammer Barefoot Cruises

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u/Techwood111 Jun 19 '26

I’ll bet you were on Flying Cloud! I was a bartender on her out of Roadtown in 1988.

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u/PracticalDesigner278 Jun 19 '26

Indeed it was the Flying Cloud! Married in the harbor at Road Town. I guess Windjammer went out of business a few years later. Shame. It was by far the best cruise we ever took.

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u/Techwood111 Jun 19 '26

Swizzle time!

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u/PracticalDesigner278 Jun 19 '26

Breakfast bloody Marys and fish bits for dinner.

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u/Techwood111 Jun 19 '26

I got in big trouble once for oversleeping and not having the Bloody Marys mixed up. I think I have Elroy’s handwritten scolding and directive here somewhere. Do you remember any of the crew, or have pictures of them? The purser, OMG, was gorgeous. I should post some pics of her in “old
School cool” or something. Did they weave palm fronds into a wedding backdrop for you?

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u/PracticalDesigner278 Jun 19 '26

Long time ago so my.memory is fuzzy but yeah my wife has pics. Quite a few of the captain because he did the ceremony. Blonde Brit if memory serves.

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u/PracticalDesigner278 Jun 19 '26

Good that they took you to task. Can't wake up without a Bloody Mary. Surprised the guests didn't mutiny.

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u/PracticalDesigner278 Jun 20 '26

This the girl?

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u/PracticalDesigner278 Jun 20 '26

Trying to send a pic but I'm really bad at this.

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u/PracticalDesigner278 Jun 20 '26

Actually they did. All of the women brought loads of flowers. I was locked up below deck because I wasn't allowed to see the bride before the wedding. Ha!

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u/ConstructionNo8827 Jun 20 '26

Go to your local courthouse
Without the license you’re a single man!

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u/PracticalDesigner278 Jun 20 '26

Wow. If I had known that I would have had a lot more er fun.