Features
A 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…
Lady 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…
Can 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…
A 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 Rico and had it converted…
Gunboat 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 wanted to do that race…
Ondeck’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 and instructor Rory Johnson smiles.…
Love 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 world running his four Volvo…
Cool shirts and a Fun Family Vibe = The Brew Family
With already two podium awards under their belt at their first BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival, the Brews from Jacksonville, Florida are having a blast on Stingray, a Dufour 44 that they have chartered for the week. The Brews – Rich, Kim and their daughter Colleen have always wanted to do the BVI Spring…
BVISR proud to have the talented & young PRO Diana Emmanuelli on its race management team
BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival loves to welcome back repeat customers and it’s well-documented that they return because they respect the work of the world-class race management team that ensures that the regatta is the top-level racing event that it is. PRO Diana Emmanuelli has supported the race management team for some 10 years…
Bareboat Racing in the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival – Familiar faces return for the best week ever, part III
Chartering two boats this year, including a Sunsail 41 for his racing crew, Ben Sampson’s been a visitor to the BVI for 30 years and for the past ten years he has raced BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival. He returns with his group of characters who call themselves Team Poulet Peeps – full disclosure,…
