With spectacular race courses and a great party atmosphere ashore the 42nd BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival was an absolute classic. Sailing Festival The racing programme kicked off with the 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…
The vintage Kelsall trimaran Triple Jack snatched back her Round Tortola Race record in October, flying around the island in 2 hours, 40 minutes and 18 seconds, taking ten minutes off the existing record set in April 2010. With Miles Sutherland-Pilch, general manager of Nanny Cay, onshore calling the start, Triple Jack crossed the transit…
New Transatlantic Rally Launched A new Transatlantic rally between the Canaries and the Caribbean has been launched by Sailing Rallies Ltd. The Christmas Caribbean Rally will leave Marina Rubicón, Lanzarote, on December 16th 2013. Participants will sail 2850 miles to the popular Jolly Harbour marina, Antigua, spending Christmas and New Year at sea. Open to…
After numerous line honours in the Round Tortola Race since her arrival in the BVI in 1997, Triple Jack managed to claim overall victory on the fortieth anniversary
The legendary Peg Leg would have been proud as a pirate craft scored the main silverware in November 22nd’s Peg Leg’s Round Tortola Race
Melges 24 Mistress Quickly topped the 35th annual Pusser’s Round Tortola Race held on Saturday, November 27. The conditions, although perfect for much of the race, proved trying as the fleet attempted to cross the finish line in Soper’s Hole on the west end of Tortola. The non-spinnaker and spinnaker classes started in Sir Francis…
