Tag: Royal BVI Yacht Club

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Big winds, big waves and a big milestone is a great way to describe this year’s BVI Dinghy Championships. Held May 19 and 20 out of the Youth Sailing base at Nanny Cay Marina, Tortola and organized by the Royal ...

Competitors in the 46th edition of the BVI Spring Regatta were only too happy to call it quits after one final race on the last day when extremely light air made for very shifty and challenging conditions. Little breeze translated to a very ...

A ceremony held at the entrance to the new outer marina heralded its opening at Nanny Cay, Tortola, British Virgin Islands in December. With speeches by Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE; the Honourable ...

“It is a great introductory regatta for them,” said Royal BVI Yacht Club sailing coach Taylor Penwell. “It is exposure to the bigger racing scene. The bigger fleets can be a lot more challenging. It is the first step to ...

Cedar International School senior Jason Putley sails a lot, so when he was given an opportunity to do a two-week internship with Team Aqua in the RC44 race series, he did not hesitate. “Everything they did, I did,” the 17-year-old ...

Team BVI successfully defended its title by championing the 2015 Caribbean Dinghy Championships (CDC). Run under the auspices of the Caribbean Sailing Association, this is the first time in the CDC’s history that Puerto Rico has hosted this regatta. BVI ...

In March, the Royal BVI Yacht Club are running a series of clinics under the guiding hand of Katelyn Woodman, head race coach of Frenchmans Bay Yacht Club, Canada. The clinics are for Optimists (Tuesday 18th, 25th March) and 420s (Sunday ...