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Art, Community and Maritime Heritage
Over the years, BVI Spring Regatta has woven community activities and maritime history into the week-long activities. This year is no exception.
Opening night of the BVI Spring Regatta will be hosted by the Premier’s Office and visitors to the regatta village can expect local entertainment like the Heritage Dancers, fungi or steelpan bands, and maybe even Moko Jumbies.
Switching Gears: Jumping off a J109 onto a Chartered Moorings 45 Club
Brooke Mastrorio, from Newport, RI, has spent time on boats literally since she was in the womb; when her mom was pregnant with Brooke she sailed in a Sunfish until the boom wouldn’t clear her belly anymore. Her family had a Bristol 27 when she was a kid and while Brooke never raced when she…
Multihull Multiplicity
As the 53rd BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival approaches, we’ll be taking a look at the runners and riders. First up, the CSA Multihull division. Eleven multihulls are currently signed up to do battle. Sophia, Little Wing, Falcon, Layla, Spike, Avel Vaez, and Triple Jack will be crossing swords multiple times before doing battle…
Sponsors drive the regatta – Nanny Cay, Mount Gay Rum & RiteWay
Without our sponsors and volunteers the BVI Spring Regatta wouldn’t be what it is today. Sounds clichéd but there’s nothing more clichéd than a truism! Sponsors and volunteers keep the regatta going and growing and are as integral as the wind and the sea. Another cliché is the retail phrase, “location, location, location”. …
Bernie Evan-Wong: Racing must always be FUN!
Don’t be mistaken by Bernie Evan-Wong’s soft spoken and unassuming manner; this sailboat racer from Antigua has had many racing adventures in his lifetime on a lively range of boats, more so than most. Growing up sailing as a young kid in British Guyana (now Guyana) as the youngest of six, Evan-Wong learned to sail…
Entry Open For 2026 BVI Spring Regatta
Registration has opened for the 2026 BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival, one of the Caribbean’s top regattas. The event has moved forward a week from previously published dates and will take place March 23-29. This move away from the Easter period should make it easier to attend in terms of flight, accommodation, and boat availability.
Date Change For 2026
For 2026, the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival has moved the event forward a week from previously published dates to March 23-29. Additionally, Scrub Island will now kick off the Sailing Festival , and the Nanny Cay Cup Round Tortola Race has moved to Wednesday (March 25, 2026). Chris Haycraft, BVI Spring Regatta chairman…
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.
