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International Yacht Club Challenge at the BVI Spring Regatta

By Regatta Director / March 6, 2010

In the centuries old tradition, the Commodore of the Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club is inviting other yacht clubs from around the world to send teams to compete in the inaugural International Yacht Club Challenge. The IYCC will be part of the 2010 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival,…

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BVI Spring Regatta’s Clean Green Focus Continues for 2010

By Regatta Director / March 6, 2010

Money always makes people smile but this time, that is only part of the story. Certainly Judy Petz, BVI Spring Regatta Director, Phil Aspiinal, President of VISAR, Chuck Peterson, Director of Clearwater and Charlotte McDevitt, Executive Director of Green VI, are all pleased that the BVI Spring Regatta campaign to…

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2010 BVI Spring Regatta Adds the BVI Windsurfing Championship

By Regatta Director / March 6, 2010

New for 2010, the BVI Spring Regatta will host the BVI Windsurfing Championship. This event will run concurrently with the 39th annual BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival, March 29 ? April 4 2010, and by doing so, be able to take full advantage of the resources, parties and prestige…

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2010 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival Looks Like Another Sizzler

By Regatta Director / March 6, 2010

�Keep it up � l appreciate the precise sailing & course instructions superb race/ scoring staff and the venue is the best I have encountered in my 49 years of competitive sailing,� so says competitive sailor ‘Harken Harv’ (Neil Harvey). With comments like that, the BVI Spring Regatta has to…

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In Artful Boaters Memory Luxury Girl will Sail BVI Spring Regatta

By Regatta Director / March 6, 2010

Sadness lies over the BVI boating community like a dense fog as we come to grip with the loss of Artful Boater, Guy Eldridge. Guy passed away on Friday, March 26, after racing the first day of the Rolex International Regatta in St. Thomas. In his honour and memory, crew…

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Music, Models, Mount Gay and More

By Regatta Director / March 6, 2010

Music, models, Mount Gay and more� just what sailors at the 2010 BVI Spring Regatta will find at the Regatta Village, March 29 � April 4. The BVI will be party central with the festivities kicking off an Nanny Cay Resort and Marina, moving to Bitter End and then returning…

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New Courses for the 2010 BVI Spring Regatta Give the Big Boys a Chance to Strut Their Stuff

By Regatta Director / March 6, 2010

New for the 2010 BVI Spring Regatta, April 2 � 4, are two courses for the Sol Racing Area specifically designed for the big boats . For the likes of Titan XV, Tom Hill�s new Reichel Pugh Custom 75�, Bill Alcotts’ Andrew’s 68�, Equation and Bella Pita, the Caribbean based…

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Pre-Register to Win Big at the 2010 BVI Spring Regatta

By Regatta Director / March 6, 2010

Not many people would turn down a chance to win up to $350 in drink tickets. That is just what one lucky skipper, who has pre-registered his boat for BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival can win. All boats registered before 4PM on Friday, March 26, will be entered in…

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Let the Games Begin

By Regatta Director / March 6, 2010

Under a gorgeous moonlit sky, sailors mill around the bar enjoying tonight’s 2 for 1 Mount Gay specials. Registration is officially closed for the BVI Sailing Festival, the three day low-pressure pre-cursor to the BVI Spring Regatta. Forty six boats are registered with a record nineteen in the Racing Class.…

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And They’re Off

By Regatta Director / March 6, 2010

The day dawned with perfect conditions for the forty-six boats racing in the Bitter End Cup, the first day’s racing of the 2010 BVI Sailing Festival. In four classes, the boats beat from Nanny Cay Marina in Tortola to the North Sound on the east end of Virgin Gorda. Boats…

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