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New class for 2020 BVI Spring Regatta’s Sailing Festival + six Corsair trimarans sign up
With the increase in performance-oriented cruising boats in the sailing world, the BVI Spring Regatta Organizing Authority has added an additional class to the Sailing Festival – Performance Cruising – to accompany Racing, Bareboats, Cruising and Multihull classes. “This class allows the race boats with full interiors to sail with their racing…
Read MoreBigger, Better, Stronger – the 48th BVI Spring Regatta is back!
Melges 24 Fire Water from Tortola wins Best BVI Boat 31 March, 2019 – Tortola, British Virgin Islands– “It was thrilling to see this place buzzing again!” Miles Sutherland-Pilch, General Manager of Nanny Cay Marina enthused after a fantastic week-long fun-filled event that saw more than 800 sailors on 90+ boats competing. “It’s been incredible…
Read MoreFleet Gets a Break on Saturday
Snorkeling, Surfing, Swimming…BVI Has It All! 30 March, 2019 – Tortola, British Virgin Islands– Racing was canceled at 1000 hours with barely a breath of air to spare on the race course. It was maybe a blessing in disguise following a magical night in the Regatta Village which was packed with party-goers and Mount Gay…
Read MoreLight Air Challenges Fleet Mount Gay Race Day
Regatta Village Buzzing with Activity, Great Food & Plenty of Mount Gay Rum 29 March, 2019 – Tortola, British Virgin Islands– The vibe at the Regatta Village was simply a blast today as boats left the docks around 8:30am to make it out to the race course in the light air which presented throughout the…
Read MoreExciting Line-up Race Ready for 48th BVI Spring Regatta
28 March, 2019 – Tortola, British Virgin Islands–– International-class sailing in one of the most beautiful places anywhere, together with good fun and camaraderie, draws many happy customers back to the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival year after year. Racing in the 48thedition of the event starts on Friday; the Regatta Village is…
Read More3nd 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 when they think about the…
Read MoreCelebrations 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, breaking the standing record set…
Read MoreSetting 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 this morning shoreside at Nanny…
Read MoreCarib 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 Girls welcoming all participants to…
Read MoreNew 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 Regatta Village at Nanny Cay,…
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