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Full-on Fun and Top Racing Set for New BVI Sailing Festival

The organisers of the week-long BVI Sailing Regatta & Sailing Festival hosted by Nanny Cay have announced exciting changes to the format of the popular three-day prelude to the BVI Spring Regatta in 2013 – known as the BVI Sailing Festival. The programme includes a race around the island of Tortola for the Nanny Cay Cup, a race…

Notice of Race & Online Entry Open for 2013

Winner of the Premier’s Trophy for Best BVI Boat in the 2012 BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival was awarded to  Rushin’ Rowlette, Kevin Rowlette’s Olsen 30 Credit: Todd van Sickle The new format for the 3-day Sailing Festival prequel to the BVI Spring Regatta is outlined in the Notice of Race which is now available online along…

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Still Time To Charter for Top Warm Water Racing!

Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Feb 14, 2012 — With less than two months to the start of the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival, there is still time to experience one of the best loved regattas in the Caribbean. Gold Sponsor, The Moorings is the official charter partner for the BVI Spring Regatta and…

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41st BVISR & Sailing Festival: Warm Water ~ Hot Racing Guaranteed

Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Jan 11, 2012— With gorgeous sailing conditions and amazing scenery, the British Virgin Islands offer sailing enthusiasts an idyllic place to soak up the sun. The BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival is the highlight of the season in one of the world’s best sailing locations. “With seven days of…

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Happy Holidays From The BVI Spring Regatta Committee!

Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Dec. 20, 2011— While you’re home for the holidays with friends and family, enjoying festive feasts and holiday cheer, think about the Warm Water and Hot Racing that awaits you in a few months at the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. March 26 – April 1, 2012. We wish…

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Building on 40 Years of Success, BVISR & Sailing Festival Ramps Up for 2012

Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Aug 4, 2011— Like a snow ball rolling downhill, the momentum is already building as plans take shape for the 2012 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival, March 26 – April 1. The promotional kick off takes place this week at the longest running and perhaps the biggest yachting event…

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40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta—And The Winner Is: Everyone

Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), April 3, 2011— What defines a magnificent regatta? Ask anyone who sailed in the 40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (March 28-April 3, 2011), and you’ll hear the same thing: red-hot racing, professionally run courses, a family friendly regatta village, and—of course—killer parties…exactly what sailors on 122 different…

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40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta—No Fooling Around

Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), April 1, 2011— Despite the calendar date, there were precious few pranks occurring today at the 40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (March 28-April 3, 2011), where 122 boats assembled on four different racecourses, eagerly anticipating their starting guns. Fifteen to twenty knots and small seas greeted sailors…

40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta – Red Hats and Greenies

BVI Spring Regatta is celebrating several important milestones at this year’s event (March 28 – April 3, 2011), including the regatta’s 40th anniversary and many wonderful years of support from its oldest sponsors, Mount Gay Rum, Heineken and their distributor Road Town Wholesale (RTW), a Tortola-based food and spirit distributor.

Sol to Host Royal BVI Yacht Club at Village During 40th BVI Spring Regatta

Tortola, British Virgin Islands, March 28, 2011 – Sol Petroleum will host the Royal BVI Yacht Club (RBVIYC), the founding organisation and shareholder of the BVI Spring Regatta, during the 40th annual BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. Additionally, Sol has donated one of the two grand prizes for the traditional, junior sailors fundraising raffle. …