2024

Game on for Start of BVI Spring Regatta! High level competition anticipated across ten classes.

By Michelle Slade / April 5, 2024

Competition is a relative term but there are a ton of high-level sailors racing BVI Spring Regatta which begins on Friday for a three-day series of exhilarating racing in the stunning waters around the BVI.

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A Caribbean Change of Pace for Enright

By Michelle Slade / April 4, 2024

Charlie Enright finished up with his third consecutive challenge for The Ocean Race last July and has since been winding down that project while taking some time to find the next thing. The “next thing” this week just happens to be in the British Virgin Islands on the Gunboat 68 Convexity2 owned by Don Wilson, and he’s enjoying the change of pace.

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Scrub Island Invitational: A Perfect Cocktail of Racing and Relaxing

By Michelle Slade / April 4, 2024

Today’s winners in the Scrub Island Invitational included Terry McLaughlin sailing on Sul Vento, a Sunsail 41 in the Bareboat division. Racing for the first time at BVI Spring Regatta with Steve Denure, his J105 boat partner in Toronto, Canada, McLaughlin’s successfully finding his way around racing a charter boat.

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Jim Proctor: 20+ Years Herding sailors to BVI Spring Regatta

By Michelle Slade / April 3, 2024

Jim Proctor is sailing this week on a chartered Moorings 45. He’s become famous at BVI Spring Regatta over the years for herding sailors from everywhere around the US and bringing them to BVI Spring Regatta to race, sometimes these people are complete novices never having been on a boat. However, Proctor loves to charter as many boats as he has friends to fill them, and these friends love to come back to BVI Spring Regatta.

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Epic Conditions for Round Tortola Race for Nanny Cay Cup

By bvisr / April 3, 2024

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.

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Adrian van der Wal Finds His Groove on Rikki RP42 Programme

By Michelle Slade / April 1, 2024

Adrian van der Wal Finds His Groove on the Rikki RP42 Programme The RP/42 Rikki, with its stunning red hull, is gracing B dock at Nanny Cay Marina this week, preparing to compete in the 51st BVI Spring Regatta. It’s not just the red hull that lends a certain energy on board, it’s also the…

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Katy Campbell: Dinghy Sailor Turned Keel Boat Goddess

By Michelle Slade / April 1, 2024

Katy Campbell, from Vancouver, Canada, grew up racing dinghies competitively – Laser 2s back in the day – to the end of high school at which point she found herself somewhat stuck for the next racing “thing”. She was never a huge fan of big boat sailing until she dropped her biases and surprised herself by really enjoying it. Now she’s running her own boat – Panacea X – in the Caribbean with her (mostly) Canadian racing students crewing.

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BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival Showcases Diverse Fleet of Top Performing Boats

By bvisr / April 1, 2024

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.

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Adrian Keller's 84ft Irens-designed catamaran Allegra

Two horse race as the IMA’s 2024 Caribbean Maxi Multihull Series heads for its BVI conclusion

By bvisr / March 28, 2024

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.

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TeamRTW To Compete For First Time In BVI Spring Regatta

By bvisr / March 14, 2024

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,…

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