Seeing schooner crews wrestle with multiple sails while balanced on long bowsprits is like being in a time warp back to yesteryear. Yet this, plus the excitement of watching multiple classes of classics and all-comers, makes the BVI’s West End Yacht Club’s (WEYC) Sweethearts of the Caribbean Regatta, a one-of-a-kind event. In total, a fleet…
Tortola – West End Yacht Club The West End Yacht Club in Tortola, BVI, has finalized its calendar for 2013 with dates that avoid conflicts with the major International regattas around the circuit. Four of the WEYC six traditional regattas also qualify for the second running of the Goslings Series. This year the series is being…
Wind back the clock The seas looked like yesteryear when 44 classic yachts, sloops and schooners set sail in the 34th Sweethearts of the Caribbean and 30th Classic Yacht Regatta hosted by the BVI’s West End Yacht Club (WEYC) out of the Jolly Roger Inn, February 18th – 19th. Winds barely blew 6 knots on…