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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.
Read MoreMultihull Multiplicity
As the 53rd BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival approaches, we’ll be taking a look at the runners and riders. First up, the CSA Multihull division. Eleven multihulls are currently signed up to do battle. Sophia, Little Wing, Falcon, Layla, Spike, Avel Vaez, and Triple Jack will be crossing swords…
Read MoreSponsors drive the regatta – Nanny Cay, Mount Gay Rum & RiteWay
Without our sponsors and volunteers the BVI Spring Regatta wouldn’t be what it is today. Sounds clichéd but there’s nothing more clichéd than a truism! Sponsors and volunteers keep the regatta going and growing and are as integral as the wind and the sea. Another cliché is the retail phrase, “location, location, location”. …
Read MoreEntry Open For 2026 BVI Spring Regatta
Registration has opened for the 2026 BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival, one of the Caribbean’s top regattas. The event has moved forward a week from previously published dates and will take place March 23-29. This move away from the Easter period should make it easier to attend in terms of flight, accommodation, and boat availability.
Read MoreDate Change For 2026
For 2026, the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival has moved the event forward a week from previously published dates to March 23-29. Additionally, Scrub Island will now kick off the Sailing Festival , and the Nanny Cay Cup Round Tortola Race has moved to Wednesday (March 25, 2026). Chris Haycraft, BVI Spring Regatta chairman…
Read MoreNo Chickens on THIS Boat! Poulet Peeps Takes a First
Ben Sampson, from Pittsburgh, PA, has been visiting the BVI for thirty years. Learning to sail at age 16 at a YMCA sailing camp in Pennsylvania ultimately led him to Monique and Julian Putley, long-time Tortola residents who became the reason Sampson makes the annual pilgrimage to the BVI to cruise or race. “We took…
Read MoreHaspa Hamburg Sails Again – Local Rigger Saves the Day
Kudos to Isaac Fonseca of Wickham’s Cay Rigging who saved the day for the German team Haspa Hamburg racing on their JV52, replacing a broken forestay within 24 hours of the crew knocking on his door asking if he could replace it. 48 hours later they were sitting on the beach at Marina Cay after…
Read MoreAccomplished Line-Up of International Competition Ready for Hot Racing / Cool Parties!
Boats from fourteen different countries – and racing enthusiasts from many more – are about to converge upon the stunning British Virgin Islands sailing grounds for the 52nd BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival. With the help of its generous sponsors and dedicated community, the event couldn’t be more ready to welcome the fleet of 2025…
Read MoreSponsors Fuel BVI Spring Regatta, part II
The British Virgin Islands is where Charlie Cary, a Navy veteran and sailing enthusiast and his wife Ginny first started The Moorings with a fleet of six Pearson yachts in 1969, and since, the business has become synonymous with sailing in the BVI. More than 50 years later the BVI remains The Moorings home base…
Read MoreSponsors Fuel BVI Spring Regatta, part I
Sponsors are a huge part of BVI Spring Regatta’s success, and we’re proud that many of our sponsors truly get involved in the event; some even go racing with us, like Rob Windsor, Solutions/Special Projects Director with Portland Yacht Services and Miles Sutherland Pilch, general manager of Nanny Cay Resort…
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