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A Little Professional Help Never Goes Astray; Dee Caffari Sails BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival with WaveWalker

By Michelle Slade / March 31, 2025

Three years ago, Woody Cullen and his wife Carolyn, from Sun Valley, Idaho, USA, were pretty green around the gills when it came to racing their new-to-them Swan 58 WaveWalker at BVI Spring Regatta. With a serious commitment to improving their game the Cullen’s have hired the right people who…

Sponsors Fuel BVI Spring Regatta, part II

By bvisr / March 25, 2025

The British Virgin Islands is where Charlie Cary, a Navy veteran and sailing enthusiast and his wife Ginny first started The Moorings with a fleet of six Pearson yachts in 1969, and since, the business has become synonymous with sailing in the BVI. More than 50 years later the BVI remains The Moorings home base…

Sponsors Fuel BVI Spring Regatta, part I

By bvisr / March 24, 2025

Sponsors are a huge part of BVI Spring Regatta’s success, and we’re proud that many of our sponsors truly get involved in the event; some even go racing with us, like Rob Windsor, Solutions/Special Projects Director with Portland Yacht Services and Miles Sutherland Pilch, general manager of Nanny Cay Resort and Marina, who likes to…

RBVIYC Rolls Out Race Team For 44Cup

By bvisr / February 18, 2025

The Royal BVI Yacht Club hosted the event with Nanny Cay and rolled out its team of race management volunteers – many race-hardened veterans from many years of running the BVI Spring Regatta, and some enthusiastic newcomers – for the 44Cup

Whether casual or competitive racing, the charter options are numerous!

By Michelle Slade / November 6, 2024

Registration is open for BVI Spring Regatta 2025 (BVISR), and competitors from around the world are already signing up to compete in one of the Caribbean’s top-rated regattas. While some sailors compete on their own boats, a sizeable number of the annual BVISR fleet compete on charter boats, and there are a plenty of charter…

Shotgunn: A Cape 31 Love Affair

By bvisr / April 5, 2024

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.

Offshore Racing; It’s in the Family

By Michelle Slade / March 11, 2024

Returning to the BVI to cruise for the first time in many years, and to race BVI Spring Regatta for the first time aboard Lee Overlay Partners II, his Swan 60, Adrian Lee is looking forward to re-familiarising himself with the area and spending time with his family.

Wavewalker: It’s A Family Affair

By Michelle Slade / February 9, 2024

Woody Cullen and two of his three kids, Emma (26) and Craig (24), sailed WaveWalker, their new-to-them Swan 58 from Spain to Antigua in early 2023, arriving in the British Virgin Islands just in time for their first BVI Spring Regatta.

Repurposing A Former Bareboat For BVI Spring Regatta Racing

By Michelle Slade / April 2, 2023

Nanny Cay is truly home base for Libertas, a Beneteau First 40 owned by Walter Keenan and Chesness Cogswell, and her owners are proud to be keeping her local. She’s racing BVI Spring Regatta this week in Jib and Main and going into the final day of racing is leading a small fleet with three…

Smile and Wave, That’s the Spirit of this Boat Owner/Skipper

By Michelle Slade / April 1, 2023

Jaime Torres is a fixture around the Caribbean racing scene and has been for decades. He grew up in Puerto Rico and is a funny, lovable, kind person who loves to sail more than anything. His sailing background is a humble story: his dad was in the navy in the 50s and 60s, and when…