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Veuve Clicquot Island Invitational – Champagne Sailing to Foxy’s BVI Sailing Festival
The BVI Sailing Festival continued on Wednesday 1st April with the Veuve Clicquot Invitational Pursuit Race to Jost Van Dyke. Spectacular sailing through one of the most scenic routes in the BVI was the order of the day, with the added adrenalin rush of trying to catch the slower yachts that started the race…
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Spookie wins Nanny Cay Cup
Spookie, Steve and Heidi Benjamin’s American Carkeek HP 40 win the Nanny Cay Cup and CSA Racing on day one of the BVI Sailing Festival © BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival/Todd vanSickle Racing got underway for the BVI Sailing Festival with the Round Tortola Race for the Nanny…
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Festival in Paradise
Sailors from all over the world have gathered at Nanny Cay Marina for one of the Caribbean’s most spectacular sailing events. The three-day BVI Sailing Festival is the pre-cursor to the BVI Spring Regatta and offers the international fleet the opportunity of tune-up races for the main event. The Festival courses…
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Green is the New Black
PRESS RELEASE: 25 March 2015 Green Is The New Black? The 2015 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival is all dressed up and ready to strut her stuff. We have submitted our application to Sailors for the Sea’s Clean Regattas program, the world’s only certification system for water based events. The…
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14 Nations for BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival
PRESS RELEASE: 20 March 2015 A magnificent fleet of yachts from Europe, North America and the Caribbean will be racing at the 44th BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival where a thousand sailors, family and friends are expected from at least 14 different nations. The BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival…
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Crews Prepare for Competitive Racing
PRESS RELEASE: 12 March 2015 With less than three weeks to go until the start of the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival, teams from several countries including Germany, The Netherlands, UK, Canada and USA will join local sailors at one of the most popular and friendly regattas in the Caribbean. The…
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Called the Exotic Regatta
The BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival offers a unique Caribbean regatta experience. Hosted by Nanny Cay Marina, the racing is suited to a huge variety of one-design and keel boats. The Sailing Festival has two stunning coastal courses and the BVI Spring Regatta boasts 3 race areas in a…
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Nanny Cay Challenge for Round Tortola set
The exciting and challenging Round Tortola Race will kick-off the 2015 Sailing Festival on Tuesday March 31st, a warm up to the three-day BVI Spring Regatta. Will the winner be the next boat to break the Nanny Cay Challenge record? “We added the Round Tortola race as our first day of the…
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Winners Awarded at 2014 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival
Sunshine and 20-plus knot breeze welcomed the participants to the course to start the final day at the 2014 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival in Tortola. Three consecutive days of great racing made for an exciting weekend for competitors, and the week-long festival drew more than 3,500 visitors to…
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Great Racing Sets Stage for Final Day
Blue skies and strong breeze welcomed racers to the course on Day 2 of the 2014 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival in Tortola. Winds were up between 14-20 knots throughout the day, creating great racing conditions for the fleet on all three courses. “Yesterday, the driving was more difficult…
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