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The Day The Round Tortola Record Fell Again And Again…
The Sailing Festival’s 2019 Round Tortola Race for the Nanny Cay Cup on March 26 was a banner year for breaking, if not smashing, the Round Tortola record with the multihull record broken by three boats and the monohull record broken too. A perfect day for record setting saw Fujin, the Bieker 53 catamaran owned…
Pata Negra Returns For 2024 – You Can Join The Fun Too!
Join sailors from all over the world who converge annually in the stunning BVI to enjoy the thrill of trade wind racing. Bring your own boat, join an existing crew, or charter from an array of options.
2024 Registration Open
Join us for Warm Water and Hot Racing at the most fun sailing regatta in the Caribbean, the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival where the fun dial is full-on, and the racing and parties are the best that the Caribbean has to offer.
The seven-day event starts on Monday April 1 (no joke) with the Sailing Festival opening day festivities and skipper pack collection.
It’s a Wrap! The 50th Anniversary of the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival Concludes
Seventy boats and five days of outstanding racing in champagne BVI conditions concluded on Sunday with a fabulous firework display presented by the BVI Government in celebration of the successful conclusion of the 50th Anniversary of the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. Hundreds of competitors, their families, and friends…
Caribbean Boats Enjoy Big Breeze & Tight Competition at BVI Spring Regatta
Paroma, the Salona 44 owned by Luis Balzac, is sailing with a lively crew this week, including a group of four young kids from St John’s High School in Puerto Rico who are learning to race, and 18-year old Lana Coomes who was recently selected to sail the upcoming South…
Repurposing A Former Bareboat For BVI Spring Regatta Racing
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…
Smile and Wave, That’s the Spirit of this Boat Owner/Skipper
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…
J/111 Summer Storm Navigates Highly Competitive CSA Racing 2 at BVI Spring Regatta
In 2016, Andy Berdon flew down from Newport, RI, to race the BVI Spring Regatta for the first time and left with a boat; between races, he found a Martin 49 for sale in the yard at Nanny Cay and bought it. The boat was called Defiance and he sailed…
A Fear of Water Pivots to Crossing Oceans & Mentoring Others
Chloe Need has been running sail and race charters on her Salona 44 Moonflower 3 for the past three years. She has not always been a sailor however. She grew up in landlocked Cheshire (UK) where no-one in her family or circle of friends sailed, and, moreover, she was always…
Rockin’ Red Caps! Thank You Mount Gay Rum!
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