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September 24, 2015

The 45th BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival has officially opened its online registration and organizers are preparing our challenging courses and at least 18 classes to be ready for the 2016 event.  To celebrate the regatta’s milestone anniversary, organizers will reward one random sailor – who has registered by Dec.…

Winners announced at Nanny Cay 2015 BVI Spring Regatta

April 6, 2015

With no less than six races and as many as 13, the BVI Spring Regatta provides an extensive time on the water in gorgeous conditions, all in just three days of racing. This year the wind, waves and courses have varied every day, giving the participants a wide variety of exciting and challenging racing. While…

Beautiful in blue – Day Two BVI Spring Regatta

April 5, 2015

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…

Jaime Torres' Puerto Rican Melges 32, Smile and Wave. Wet and wild conditions on day one of the BVI Spring Regatta © Luke Pelican/BVI Spring Regatta

Wet and Wild – Day One BVI Spring Regatta

April 4, 2015

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

April 3, 2015

‘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

April 2, 2015

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

April 2, 2015

  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

April 1, 2015

  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

March 30, 2015

  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…