Posts by Michelle Slade
Tight Racing, Lead Changes, New Boats = One Fantastic Regatta!53rd BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival Wraps Up
Mixed conditions with shifts and gusts to 20, temperatures in the 80s and sunny skies set the stage for the final day of racing in the 53rd BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. Chris Haycraft, Regatta Chairman, who took 2nd in Sport Multihull, notes that while the wind could have cooperate a little better, the…
Read MoreA Windfall Brings Colorado Team to the BVI
Living in land-locked Colorado gives the crew on Windfall, a Beneteau Oceanis 45, an appreciation for the opportunity to spend time in the BVI and race in conditions that they certainly don’t get on the small lakes where Windfall owner Dave Baker and his crew typically sail. This week Baker…
Read MoreLady M Enjoying Success in First BVI Spring Regatta
Teams from the Dominican Republic are enjoying great success this week at the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. Going into day 3 and the final day of racing, La Novia, the Leopard 50 catamaran owned and skippered by Georges Coutu is leading in Cruising Multihull class. Popombi, the Beneteau First 40 owned and skippered…
Read MoreDay 2 Produces Tricky Weather; Fleet Praises BVI Spring Regatta Race Committee on Smart Decisions
Walking the docks post racing, there wasn’t a team who did not mention the quick thinking and smart work that the BVI Race Committee put in today, day two of BVI Spring Regatta, to ensure great racing in very changeable conditions. The first race of the day started in very light breeze – 5-8 knots…
Read MoreCan You Pronouce Popombi?
The Beneteau First 40.7 Popombi goes into day 2 at the BVI Spring Regatta in second place in CSA Performance Cruising, just two points behind the exceptionally well-sailed Panacea X, a Salona 45. Owned and helmed by Christian Cabral, Popombi is a boat new to Cabral. This is the fourth time he’s competed at BVI…
Read MoreA J24 Conversion Brings a New IC24 to Local Fleet
When Mike Feierabend bought his boat Bravissimo some 10 years ago it was a J24. He bought it in Tortola and campaigned it for a long time as a J24. About a year ago Feierabend, who resides in St John in the US Virgin Islands, sent the boat to Puerto…
Read MoreMount Gay Race Day Showcases Best of BVI Racing
Tight Racing Across All Classes on Day 1 BVI Spring Regatta A sea of red hats honouring Mount Gay Race Day and a good breeze made a great start to day 1 in the 53rd edition of the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival. Racing got underway around 10am in…
Read MoreGunboat DreadKnot Fulfils New Owner’s Dream
According to Rick Cunningham, there was some rum involved in the purchase of his new-to-him Gunboat 62 DreadKnot. He and a good friend had been talking about doing the Transpac race forever, they kept looking at boats, Cunningham was looking beyond a monohull and decided he wanted a multihull. “I…
Read MoreOndeck’s Blueprint for fun in the BVI
We caught the team racing this week on the Beneteau 36.7 Blueprint huddled around a tabletop at the ever-popular Island Roots café at Nanny Cay just minutes before day 1 of racing in the53rd BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. “We’re having a little team huddle at the moment,” skipper…
Read MoreLove Affair with the Volvo 70: Monster Project debuts at BVI Spring Regatta
Johannes Schwarz grew up sailing on Lake Neusiedl near his hometown near Vienna, Austria and close to the Hungarian border. “It’s actually the best lake for dinghy sailing in Austria!” Schwarz says. He’s come a long way from his lake sailing youth, today spending his days travelling all over the…
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