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Beautiful in blue – Day Two BVI Spring Regatta
The second day of the BVI Spring Regatta was blessed with perfect sailing conditions and wonderful azure blue water, pumped up by 15 knots of warm tradewinds, blew through the Sir Francis Drake Channel. The British Virgin Islands offer stunning scenery and Mother nature has created one of the best racing areas anywhere in the…
Wet and Wild – Day One BVI Spring Regatta
Rain squalls ripped through the Sir Francis Drake Channel at the start of racing, enhancing the trade winds to over 20 knots for most of the day. A short sea state, at times rising to three metres when the fleet was racing out of the channel added gusto to the wet and wild conditions. Across…
BVI Spring Regatta – Royal Seal of Approval
‘Be inspiring’ says BVI Governor Duncan Skippers, sponsors, media and some volunteers who make the BVI Spring Regatta happen each year were kindly invited to Government House to celebrate the start of the three day regatta. The Governor of the BVIs, John S. Duncan, OBE, and Principle of the Royal BVI Yacht Club, welcomed crews…
VP Bank Tortola Sloop Spring Challenge Fairy Tale for Esmie
The 2nd Annual VP Bank Tortola Sloop Spring Challenge took place off Nanny Cay on Thursday 2nd April as part of the BVI Spring Regatta’s Maritime Heritage Day. The sloops date back over 100 years and this year’s event had two noteworthy participants; His Excellency, John S. Duncan OBE, Governor of the British Virgin Islands…
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…
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 Cay Cup. White horses dotted…
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 are designed to showcase the…
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 BVI Spring Regatta was first…
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 is one of the most…
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 international fleet will be hosted…
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 natural archipelago of over 50…
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 Sailing Festival to give everyone…
