Archive for 2016
Warm UP with Warm Water and Hot Racing
Tortola, British Virgin Islands – December 1, 2016 – As the days get colder and shorter, there’s not a better time than right now to sign up for the perfect winter tonic: six days of racing in the exquisite warm waters of the British Virgin Islands at the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival. It’s…
Read MoreFrom the 45th BVI Sailing Festival and Spring Regatta to the 46th…
You haven’t sailed until you sail in the BVI The 45th BVI Sailing Festival and Spring Regatta wound down on Monday, with many racers handing back their chartered boats, and reluctantly rushing off to catch ferries and airports. While the process of dismantling the Regatta Village began, and calm has settled once again over Nanny…
Read MoreLight Breeze Teases Fleet on Final Day of Racing BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival
On Sunday evening, under a setting sun on the beautiful beach at Nanny Cay, the 45th BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival drew to a close with the ritual awards ceremony and fabulous fireworks. The entire fleet was treated to a delightful racing day, with a light easterly of 8 to 12 knots throughout the…
Read MoreSpring Regatta Enjoys Classic BVI Conditions
Class Leaders Maintain Positions Day 2 of Spring Regatta offered up just what the people came for: plenty of sunshine, turquoise water, breeze up to 17 and awesome sailing, with races today taking most classes to the north side of Tortola and around Sandy Cay, a BVI National Park and one of the most…
Read MoreSpirits Lively On Day 1 Racing BVI Spring Regatta
It may have been a rainy day in the BVI but not enough to take the heat out of today’s racing, which saw 12 classes on three courses enjoy a consistent easterly breeze of 13-15 knots. Some competitors continued their winning streak of earlier in the week: SPOOKIE, the TP52 owned and skippered by Steve…
Read MoreINTREPID WINS 3RD ANNUAL VP BANK TORTOLA SLOOP SPRING CHALLENGE
Endeavour II Joins the BVI Tortola Sloop Fleet Today was all about switching gears and changing pace, with the 3rd Annual VP Bank Tortola Sloop Spring Challenge being raced off Nanny Cay as part of the BVI Spring Regatta’s Maritime Heritage Day. The Challenge brings to life the significance that the beautiful old Tortola Sloops…
Read MoreBVI SAILING FESTIVAL FEATURES SCRUB ISLAND INVITATIONAL
Fun Day of Racing to New Destination With one day of racing behind them, competitors in the 45th BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival rolled right into today’s race, the Scrub Island Invitational – a 12NM upwind ride for the CSA Cruising, Bareboat, and Multihull fleets, and a 17NM course for the CSA Racing…
Read MoreSPECTACULAR DAY FOR BVI SAILING FESTIVAL – ROUND TORTOLA RACE
Triple Jack Takes Home Nanny Cay Cup SPOOKIE Breaks Monohull Record for Nanny Cay Challenge Tuesday March, 29, 2016, Tortola, British Virgin Islands – The BVI Sailing Festival Round Tortola Race for the Nanny Cay Cup and Nanny Cay Challenge started promptly at 09:30 on Tuesday morning in seas a little rougher than normal due…
Read MoreInternational Contingent Race Ready for 45th BVI Spring Regatta
Life couldn’t be more perfect for the crews of 54 boats competing in Tuesday’s Nanny Cay Cup (Round Tortola Race) with the breeze forecast in the upper teens for the first race day of the 45th BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival. Registration opened at noon today under blue sunny skies, the famed BVI trades…
Read More2016 BVI Spring Regatta is Ready, Set, Launch…
Boats Streaming in for 45th Annual BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival Registration opens Monday for some 110 boats and crews in the 45th BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival. The buzz is building shore-side, with the event Village under construction and docks filling up. Lucy Jones, owner of the Swan 51 Northern Child and the…
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