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BVI 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.
Read MoreEpic Conditions for Round Tortola Race for Nanny Cay Cup
Today was epic for the Round Tortola Race, the kick-off event for the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. Boats started in some 16 knots ENE breeze in five classes, and by the time they rounded Beef Island, it had built to 20 and continued to build to over 24+ throughout the afternoon. The sun shone; the sea condition was perfect – it was literally racing in paradise.
Read MoreBVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival Showcases Diverse Fleet of Top Performing Boats
The docks at Nanny Cay Resort and Marina are full and ready to roll as ten classes prepare to race in the 51st edition of the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. Racing starts with the Sailing Festival, a warm-up event, on Tuesday April 2 with the traditional Round Tortola Race, and on Wednesday April 3, the Scrub Island Invitational.
Read MoreTwo horse race as the IMA’s 2024 Caribbean Maxi Multihull Series heads for its BVI conclusion
Next week the International Maxi Association’s inaugural Caribbean Maxi Multihull Series (CMMS) has its deciding event in the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival.
Read MoreTeamRTW To Compete For First Time In BVI Spring Regatta
For the first time in the history of the BVI Spring Regatta, long-time supporter Road Town Wholesale and RiteWay (RTW), is going to enter a team to race in the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival onboard a Moorings 46. The history of the BVI Spring Regatta and RTW is inextricably linked. Peter Haycraft OBE,…
Read MoreHeineken Among New Sponsors for BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival
World renown brands Heineken and LaMarca are on board for this year’s BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (BVISR), and these new sponsors are committed to ensure the best Caribbean regatta experience possible for competitors, their friends and families celebrating the warm water and hot racing that the BVISR is famous for.
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