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Tortola, British Virgin Islands, March 28, 2011 – Sol Petroleum will host the Royal BVI Yacht Club (RBVIYC), the founding organisation and shareholder of the BVI Spring Regatta, during the 40th annual BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. Additionally, Sol has donated one of the two grand prizes for the…

BVI Spring Regatta is celebrating several important milestones at this year’s event (March 28 – April 3, 2011), including the regatta’s 40th anniversary and many wonderful years of support from its oldest sponsors, Mount Gay Rum, Heineken and their distributor Road Town Wholesale (RTW), a Tortola-based food and spirit distributor.

Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), March 31, 2011— The atmosphere is crackling with excitement on the eve of racing at the 40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (March 28-April 3, 2011). The race village is open, boats and sailors are here, and everyone is psyched for what promises to be three brilliant days…

Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), April 2, 2011—A single day of racing remains at the 40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (March 28-April 3, 2011), and the tussle for podium places is getting serious. Razor-thin margins define several classes, and Mother Nature is forecast to deliver a wild card tomorrow: less pressure. For…

Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), March 30, 2011—Intensity levels punched up several levels today at the 40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (March 28-April 3, 2011) when racing commenced at the inaugural Gill BVI International Match Racing Championship (March 30 and 31). Eight teams rifled through ten flights of one-on-one match races on…

Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), March 28, 2011—The sun and breeze are perfect and the sailors are amassing for the 40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (March 28-April 3, 2011). The atmosphere is pregnant with anticipation as the starting guns commence firing tomorrow at 1000 hours, local time, for the start of the…

Although one individual was heard to say, "I prefer sailing in Cowes in the rain," I can’t find anyone else who shares that sentiment. As the West Indian people will tell you, we are blessed. With another perfect day on the water, it is truly racing in paradise at the 2009 BVI Spring Regatta. In…

The third and last day of the 2009 BVI Spring Regatta dawned with black clouds in the sky. Many thought that the wind would be light and there would be rain, but, as it turned out, the clouds only provided much appreciated sun protection with plenty of breeze with which to race. Throughout Drake Channel,…

Green, the color of the ecology movement, is the ?in? color and there?s hope that this is not just a passing fad but rather signifies a long-term change in lifestyles for many throughout the world. Regardless of the fact that the BVI has no pump-out stations, the BVI Spring Regatta has creatively embraced the concept…