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BVI’s Best Ever Spring Regatta
Wrapping up day 3 of the 52nd BVI Spring Regatta, following several days of relentless high winds, competitors will importantly remember the final day of racing: a picture-perfect Caribbean racing day with temperatures in the mid 80s and warm trades blowing 15-18 knots, and a great party in the Regatta Village to end a fantastic week of racing.
Life is Good, a Dutch Perspective
In my experience, the Dutch never fail to be able to show a sense of humour even when the chips are down, so it was no surprise that after their galley caught fire during racing on day 1 of the BVI Spring Regatta, the team on Glad 2 B Here, a beautiful Moorings 52 organised…
Great Racing & Sighs of Relief as Conditions Mellow on Day 2, BVI Spring Regatta
Day 2 of racing in the BVI Spring Regatta saw few lead changes with teams at the top of their class holding firm. Perfect Caribbean conditions prevailed in the high teens under blue skies, which was a relief to competitors as they were able to switch from survival mode of the past few days to a more controlled mode.
Enright Takes on the VX One
Getting back to his childhood dinghy roots has been a seamless transition for Charlie Enright who has switched gears these past few weeks from big and offshore, to small and inshore. On day 2 of racing in the VX One fleet, sailing with David Askew and Patrick Farrell on Wizard,…
Nothing Like a Swedish Beauty
9,000 miles and some four oceans later, gracing the docks at Nanny Cay Resort & Marina this week is Ohana, a new Arcona 435 Mk II, owned and skippered by Ken Wisdom (Wilton, CT). A carbon machine through and through with beautiful lines, she was built in Sweden at the Arcona factory in Uddevalla, Sweden.
Magnificent Mount Gay Rum Race Day
Mother Nature threw out another wild day on the water on Mount Gay Rum Race Day, day 1 of racing in the BVI Spring Regatta. Gusts to 30 knots and the occasional squall blasting through the three courses running eleven divisions made for lively racing.
On the Docks at Nanny Cay
The cool thing about BVI Spring Regatta is the number of teams who come back year after year, as well as the new faces competing for the first time; it’s a blast for the organisers to welcome back old faces and welcome newcomers. One thing we love to do each morning is walk the docks…
Flying Jenny Looks to Maintain a Winning Streak in VX One Caribbean Cup series
Rob Greenhalgh (GBR) has competed in and won both the Volvo Ocean Race and the Extreme Sailing Series; in short he’s no slouch on the racecourse. This week he has his work cut out for him on a much smaller boat than he typically sails, racing the BVI Spring Regatta with Sandy Askew (USA) and Drew Barnes (GBR) on the VX One Flying Jenny. It’s Greenhalgh’s third time doing Spring Regatta, he raced it previously on the Cape 31 Flying Jenny.
Excitement on the Docks as Big Breeze Lines Up for Thrilling Racing As 52nd BVI Spring Regatta kicks off on Friday.
There’s no shortage of talent or breeze in the BVI as almost eighty boats prepare to assume the challenge in the 52nd edition of the BVI Spring Regatta which starts Friday in the stunning Caribbean waters off Nanny Cay Resort and Marina. Just as the trades have really kicked in, blowing consistently all week in…
No Chickens on THIS Boat! Poulet Peeps Takes a First
Ben Sampson, from Pittsburgh, PA, has been visiting the BVI for thirty years. Learning to sail at age 16 at a YMCA sailing camp in Pennsylvania ultimately led him to Monique and Julian Putley, long-time Tortola residents who became the reason Sampson makes the annual pilgrimage to the BVI to cruise or race. “We took…
Haspa Hamburg Sails Again – Local Rigger Saves the Day
Kudos to Isaac Fonseca of Wickham’s Cay Rigging who saved the day for the German team Haspa Hamburg racing on their JV52, replacing a broken forestay within 24 hours of the crew knocking on his door asking if he could replace it. 48 hours later they were sitting on the…
Offshore Sailor Brian Thompson Brings his Speed Skills Back to the BVI
Brian Thompson is often referred to as one of the fastest offshore sailors on the planet; he’s sailed everything from 21-foot Mini Transat racers to 140-foot Maxi trimarans, so it’s no surprise that he’s a part of the Gunboat 72 Layla crew this week at BVI Spring Regatta, who took third in the first race of the…
