01/31/2010
2010 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival Looks Like Another Sizzler

“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 work hard to raise the bar every year but the organizing committee and the event host, Nanny Cay Marina and Resort, have a few new gems in store for 2010.

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11/05/2009
2010 BVI Spring Regatta Adds the BVI Windsurfing Championship

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 that the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival offers.

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10/06/2009
BVI Spring Regatta's Clean Green Focus Continues for 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 promote the use of recyclable water bottles resulted in funds being raised for the donation to VISAR and Green VI, but it was even more important what this donation represented.

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08/01/2009
International Yacht Club Challenge at the BVI Spring Regatta

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, March 29 – April 4. To sweeten the pot, Sunsail Yacht Charters is providing up to a 10% discount for all those booking for the IYCC, a free charter to the winning team and a perpetual trophy. Although this is the inaugural year for the IYCC, it will be the 39th for the BVI Spring Regatta and as in the past eleven years, the 2010 edition will be hosted and presented by the Nanny Cay Marina and Resort.

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06/10/2009
Another First for BVI Spring Regatta

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 and in 2008 made some inroads by recycling glass and plastic. Then, in 2009, the event went well beyond the initial steps taken in 2008 and made a full-fledged commitment to the cause. With Jane Bakewell, long time BVI resident, writer and conservation enthusiast leading the way, the ‘Sailing Towards Clean and Green’ campaign was mounted. These efforts were so remarkable that Sailors for the Sea, an organization committed to protecting the oceans and sponsors of the Clean Regattas Certification Program, awarded the 2009 BVI Spring Regatta the first Silver certificate to ever be awarded to any regatta.

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