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3nd Annual Scrub Island Invitational Enjoys Record Fleet
Best of Caribbean Racing at the 48th BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival 27 March, 2019 – Tortola, British Virgin Islands –– “Hard to get to, harder to leave, impossible to forget” – a beloved cliché maybe but one that Brits Tony Mack and his wife Sally like to remember…
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Celebrations Aplenty As Records Smashed in Round Tortola Race
Fujin whips 35 minutes off previous record 25 March, 2019 – Tortola, British Virgin Islands–– A perfect day for record setting at the BVI Sailing Festival saw Fujin, the Bieker 53 catamaran owned and skippered by Greg Slyngstad, win the Nanny Cay Challenge with the fastest elapsed time of 1:57:16,…
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Setting up for a great BVI race week
Crews and boats arrive – Registration begins Taking a seminar about racing while sitting on a white sandy beach with a backdrop of the beautiful BVI has got to be a darned nice way to learn, right? And it was for a group of Hanse owners and crews who gathered…
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Carib Beer the official Welcome and Opening Party sponsor for the BVI Spring Regatta
Carib Beer the official Welcome and Opening Party sponsor for the BVI Spring Regatta What spells Caribbean better than ice cold Carib beer! The famous yellow bottles will be in abundance to quench the thirstiest of racers. Thursday Night will open the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival with the Carib…
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New Mount Gay Race Day To Launch 2019 BVI Spring Regatta
Tortola, BVI – March 18, 2019 Mount Gay Rum was one of the original sponsors of the BVI Spring Regatta (BVISR) having first partnered with the popular Caribbean regatta in 1972 through its distributor, Road Town Wholesale. The brand, synonymous with sailing, has always been an active partner at the…
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Growing Offshore Multihull Fleet Finds Its Pace at BVI Spring Regatta
March 13, 2019 Tortola, British Virgin Islands –“It will be a real challenge for us racing on shorter courses at BVI Spring Regatta than what we are used to,” John Gallagher stated. Gallagher, owner of the GunBoat 62 Chim Chimis fresh off winning the Multihull division at the RORC Caribbean…
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Exciting Nanny Cay facility upgrades on show at Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival
Phase I Inner Marina completed; first renovated rooms completed Tortola, British Virgin Islands – March 2019 – Nanny Cay is the spectacular venue – and host – for the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival, and this year’s Spring Regatta participants will enjoy some of the new renovations completed both…
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Warm, Wet, Windy – BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival Set to Deliver the Goods!
Tortola, British Virgin Islands – February 1, 2019 – With under eight weeks to go before the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival, 60+ boats and crews have their flights booked and are well on their way to the sunny BVI. This year’s regatta runs March 25 to March 31, so…
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Scrub Island Invitational set for March 27th
Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina, a private-island resort in the British Virgin Islands, will host the Scrub Island Invitational during the 48thAnnual BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival (March 25-31, 2019). The resort is the hosting sponsor for the springtime event, which takes place Wednesday, March 27 and is expected to draw up to…
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Hosting Sponsor Nanny Cay Resort & Marina Prep for 2019 Spring Regatta
Nanny Cay Resort & Marina has the been host sponsor of the BVI Spring Regatta since 2002. The crew is already working hard to prepare for the 48th edition, March 25-31, 2019. The Regatta Village was newly located at the outer marina last year and in 2019 it will boast 100 slips along with full…
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