Archive for March 6, 2011
40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta – Red Hats and Greenies
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.
Read MoreSol to Host Royal BVI Yacht Club at Village During 40th BVI Spring Regatta
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 traditional, junior sailors fundraising raffle. …
Read MoreAnticipation Levels Ratchet Up on Eve of Racing
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…
Read More40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta – Sparking The Match
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…
Read More40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta—Summer Camp For Adults
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…
Read More40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta—Tightening the Noose
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…
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