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In Pursuit of Happiness
Day Two of the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival was blessed with ideal conditions for the Caribbean Insurers Island Invitational Race to Norman Island. Bright sunshine and a gentle breeze provided sublime conditions for the pursuit race with faster boats chasing down earlier starters in a game of cat and mouse around the beautiful islands, south of Tortola.
In the Classic Class, the beautiful vintage sloop, The Blue Peter, skippered by Briton, Mathew Barker was the victor and took the honour of first boat to finish in Norman Island, a tremendous effort from a yacht that is over 80 years old.
Champagne Start for Aiyana
In today’s Round Tortola Race for the Nanny Cay Cup, Peter Corr’s Alia 82, Aiyana smashed the monohull record by nearly half an hour. Setting a new record of 3 hours, 29 minutes and 44 seconds for the 37-mile run around Tortola.
Aiyana is the largest yacht competing at the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival and the crew let out a big ‘cheer’ dockside as the news came through they had broken the course monohull record. However, at the start of the race it didn’t go according to plan as Aiyana’s owner, Peter Corr explains:
Celebration time in BVI
Hosted by Nanny Cay Marina, Tortola, BVI, the biggest international sporting event in the BVI starts today, Monday March 25th with the 42nd BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival Registration for the Sailing Festival is now open and tonight a Welcome Party and barbeque at Peg Legs Beach Bar, located…
New Sailing Festival and Old Tortola Sloop bring fresh winds to 42nd BVI Spring Regatta
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, March 18, 2013 – New activities for the BVI Spring Regatta (BVISR) and Sailing Festival were outlined at a press conference hosted by the Event Committee on at Peg Legs Restaurant, Nanny Cay. The occasion included the culturally and historically important presentation of Intrepid, a Tortola…
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Latest News: Countdown to the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival 25-31 March – Warm Water Hot racing Guaranteed!
Countdown to the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival
With less than three weeks to go until the 42nd edition of the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival hosted by Nanny Cay, a truly international cast is making ready to take centre stage in the beautiful sailing grounds off Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival has…
Race Around Tortola- Party At the Bight- Fun for All!
A View From Pirates newly renovated property The BVI Spring Regatta is known to have something for everyone of the sailors; and now it has something for all those attending as well. Time to go diving with dolphins, or sail a 100-year-old sloop During the Sailing Festival from March 26-28, racers will circumnavigate the island…
Latest News: BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival – March 25-31
Competitive One-Design Fleet Heads for BVI Spring Regatta Continually evolving the race programme for the BVI Spring Regatta (March 29-31), the organisers are pleased to include the exciting one-design Melges 32 class in its regatta. Regatta host, Nanny Cay Resort & Marina will welcome several of these fun, fast and…
Competitive One-Design Fleet Heads for BVI Spring Regatta
Latest News: BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival – March 25-31 Continually evolving the race programme for the BVI Spring Regatta (March 29-31), the organisers are pleased to include the exciting one-design Melges 32 class in its regatta. Regatta host, Nanny Cay Resort & Marina will welcome several of these…
2013 Regatta Dates For The Caribbean
Caribbean News, May 14, 2012 – Several of the premiere Caribbean regattas have agreed to adjust their dates in 2013 to improve crowding the racing calendar. The race directors will meet again in October 2012 to discuss this new schedule and work on a permanent solution that will run from…
A Grand Finale!
Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), April 1, 2012 — A southeasterly breeze of about 12-15 knots emanating from Dead Chest Island, provided shifty conditions for a tense last day of racing at the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival. Today all classes raced in the Sir Francis Drake Channel outside…
