Well over 40 boats took part in the third annual six-event Gosling’s Regatta Series in the British Virgin Islands. At the conclusion of the Dark n Stormy ‘Fungatta’ Regatta raced March 7-10, the final event of the 2013/2014 Series, only six points separated the two top boats. Interestingly, it was Henry Leonnig on his Melges…
The woodies were few in number but that didn’t dampen the fun at the 39th Foxy’s Wooden Boat Regatta hosted on Jost Van Dyke by the BVI’s West End Yacht Club (WEYC), May 24 to 26. “Flying Circus was the only wooden boat to enter the regatta [in its class] this year,” says St. John,…
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…
Sailors were so ‘fired-up’ to race the BVI’s West End Yacht Club’s annual Firecracker 500 Regatta that a record fleet of 22 boats came out July 7th to compete in this 18 nautical mile pursuit-style race whose course rounded Dead Chest and Pelican Islands with a finish back at Nanny Cay Marina. Firewater, the BVI’s…
With block buster attendance at Tortola’s West End Yacht Club’s flagship Red Hat event, the race committee was hard pressed to keep up with registration.