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Sponsors 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 and Marina, who likes to…
Read MoreBOTS Boost Race Management
First used in high-performance events like the America’s Cup and Sail GP, robotic buoys, BOTS, are now used in many international regattas and will be used on the VX One course during the 2025 BVI Spring Regatta (BVISR), the second leg of the VX One Caribbean Cup.
Read MoreFleet Of 11 For VX One Caribbean Cup 2025
Eleven boats will compete in the VX One Caribbean Cup 2025, a two-leg series sponsored by Evolution Sails. It kicks off with the St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR) March 28-30 and concludes with the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival (BVISR), April 4-6.
Read MoreRBVIYC Rolls Out Race Team For 44Cup
The Royal BVI Yacht Club hosted the event with Nanny Cay and rolled out its team of race management volunteers – many race-hardened veterans from many years of running the BVI Spring Regatta, and some enthusiastic newcomers – for the 44Cup
Read MoreBVI Spring Regatta Joins 2025 Windies Multihull Trophy Series
The BVI Spring Regatta will be part of the inaugural Windies Multihull Trophy, a new season championship designed to encourage offshore multihulls to participate in more Caribbean regattas and offshore passage events for the 2025 sailing season.
Read MoreGet your game on for the 52nd BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival where Warm Water and Hot Racing prevails!
Registration is now open for one of the Caribbean’s favourite racing events. The week-long event runs March 31-April 6, so get those dates on your calendar now.
Read MoreInternational VX One Fleet Returns To BVI For 2025
The BVI Spring Regatta will be the second, and final, leg of the 2025 VX One Caribbean Cup as one of the hottest one-design sport boat classes returns to race in the Caribbean. The VX One Caribbean Cup allows racers to compete in two of the Caribbean’s top regattas that are held back-to-back – St Thomas International Regatta (March 28-30, 2025) and the BVI Spring Regatta (April 4-6, 2025).
Read MoreAllegra claims inauguralIMA Caribbean Maxi Multihull Series by a point
The Nigel Irens-designed 84ft catamaran Allegra of Switzerland’s Adrian Keller won the inaugural IMA Caribbean Maxi Multihull Series by a single point over Todd Slyngstad’s HH66 catamaran Nemo.
Read MoreShotgunn: A Cape 31 Love Affair
Michael Wilson and his wife Helen, who reside on the Isle of Man, spent last year sailing Shotgunn in Southampton and the Isle of Wight where the Cape 31 circuit was sailed. They kept the boat in Southampton, learned a lot, brought good people onto the team, and were fortunate enough to win the UK season.
As the pair worked on which regattas to do this year, they decided on the Med circuit and the Caribbean.
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