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Fast & Fantastic: BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival Lines Up Killer Fleet of Diverse Competition
It won’t be hard to miss the quick Nigel Irens-designed 63-foot trimaran Sophia charging on this year’s BVI Spring Regatta racecourse, helmed by new owner Marcus Sirota. The ORMA 60-inspired former Paradox 3 took corrected-time honours in the MOCRA Multihull Class in the 2025 edition of the classic Rolex Fastnet Race…
Bareboat Racing in the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival – Familiar faces return for the best week ever, part III
Chartering two boats this year, including a Sunsail 41 for his racing crew, Ben Sampson’s been a visitor to the BVI for 30 years and for the past ten years he has raced BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival. He returns with his group of characters who call themselves Team Poulet Peeps – full disclosure,…
Bareboat Racing in the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival – Familiar faces return for the best week ever, part II
Team Miami, a name that stuck for a group of guys who got to know each other sailing in Miami, is back for its eighth BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival event chartering a Dufour 41 Brian McCarthy, who lives in North Carolina, is typically the registered skipper and notes they are a group of…
Bareboat Racing in the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival – Familiar faces return for the best week ever, part I
Kelly Wharton and her sailing friends know just where to go when the weather in Vancouver, BC, Canada gets just too cold to bear and warm racing beckons; they head for the Caribbean. Wharton’s chartered various boats in the BVI on some ten different occasions over the years, both for cruising and more recently racing.…
Art, Community and Maritime Heritage
Over the years, BVI Spring Regatta has woven community activities and maritime history into the week-long activities. This year is no exception.
Opening night of the BVI Spring Regatta will be hosted by the Premier’s Office and visitors to the regatta village can expect local entertainment like the Heritage Dancers, fungi or steelpan bands, and maybe even Moko Jumbies.
Switching Gears: Jumping off a J109 onto a Chartered Moorings 45 Club
Brooke Mastrorio, from Newport, RI, has spent time on boats literally since she was in the womb; when her mom was pregnant with Brooke she sailed in a Sunfish until the boom wouldn’t clear her belly anymore. Her family had a Bristol 27 when she was a kid and while Brooke never raced when she…
