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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…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Anticipation Levels Ratchet Up on Eve of Racing
Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), March 28, 2011—The sun and breeze are perfect and the sailors are amassing for the 40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (March 28-April 3, 2011). The atmosphere is pregnant with anticipation as the starting guns commence firing tomorrow at 1000 hours, local time,…
40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta – Sparking The Match
Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), March 30, 2011—Intensity levels punched up several levels today at the 40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (March 28-April 3, 2011) when racing commenced at the inaugural Gill BVI International Match Racing Championship (March 30 and 31). Eight teams rifled through ten flights…
