Over an action-packed weekend (9-10 April), teams from across Europe descended on the Royal Southern Yacht Club for an exciting ISAF Grade 4 match racing competition – the qualifying round and prelude to the main event, the ISAF Grade 2 Match Racing Final taking place 15-18 June. After some really close racing the ‘home’ Royal…
Over the Easter weekend the McConaghy built, Ker designed, Black Baza won the China Seas Race on corrected time on IRC Handicap. The victory came in the early hours of Saturday morning after just over 60 hours of racing. Of the win co-owner Anthony Root said: “I always thought we had a good shot but…
On Sunday evening, under a setting sun on the beautiful beach at Nanny Cay, the 45th BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival drew to a close with the ritual awards ceremony and fabulous fireworks. The entire fleet was treated to a delightful racing day, with a light easterly of 8 to 12 knots throughout the…
Question: How do you cram all the different racing scenarios that you might encounter over a season into one day on the water? Answer: Go 2K Team Racing at the Royal Southern…and they did! ‘2K’ is defined as two boat team racing in keel boats, with mixed gender crews and no spinnakers. Team racing provides…
Day 2 of the BVI Spring Regatta offered up just what the people came for: plenty of sunshine, turquoise water, breeze up to 17 and awesome sailing, with races today taking most classes to the north side of Tortola and around Sandy Cay, a BVI National Park and one of the most spectacular islands in…
Ever since its inception in 1826 Cowes Week has been a highlight in the annual calendar for large, well-funded race boats. With the new Fast 40+ class choosing the regatta as one of its five core events for its first season, this year’s event promises intense and exciting competition at this level. The class encompasses…
Today was all about switching gears and changing pace, with the 3rd Annual VP Bank Tortola Sloop Spring Challenge being raced off Nanny Cay as part of the BVI Spring Regatta’s Maritime Heritage Day. The Challenge brings to life the significance that the beautiful old Tortola Sloops played in island life more than a hundred…
Tuesday March, 29, 2016, Tortola, British Virgin Islands – The BVI Sailing Festival Round Tortola Race for the Nanny Cay Cup and Nanny Cay Challenge started promptly at 09:30 on Tuesday morning in seas a little rougher than normal due to last week’s high winds, and an easterly breeze of 18+ knots. The trimaran Triple…
If traditionally the RORC Easter Challenge is the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s coaching regatta, today’s lesson centred upon heavy weather sailing technique. As the fleet returned to yesterday’s start area around Peel Bank, conditions were sunny and relatively benign, but with giant grey clouds looming. During today’s one race, a squall stuck down the fleet…
With gale force gusts forecast for the afternoon of Easter Saturday, one long race on a round the cans course in the central/eastern Solent was held today at the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Easter Challenge. Despite this, there were leader changes in two of the four classes. In the FAST40+ class, Peter Morton on his…
