Marina & Hotel Receptions Merge; New Mobile Fuel Carts
The Marina Office has moved. The Hotel and Marina reception, plus Captain’s Lounge and Lending Library, are now located in what was previously just the hotel reception. To ease congestion on the main fuel dock, and speed the entire refueling process, we are adding two mobile fueling carts to K dock.
Five Businesses at Nanny Cay Collect 2014 Virgin Islands Property & Yacht Readers’ Choice Awards
On October 16, five Nanny Cay based businesses collected six Virgin Islands Property & Yacht Readers’ Choice Awards at The Dove in Road Town.
For the fourth year in a row, Nanny Cay scooped “Best BVI Marina” with 48% of the vote.
Premier Collects Sloop Shootout Trophy
At a ceremony held on the lawns of the Nanny Cay Hotel, Premier, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE, received his trophy for winning this year’s “Island Sloop Sailing Festival Regatta Annual Festival Races”.
This event, started in 2004 and better known as the “Sloop Shootout”, pits the incumbent Premier and Governor against each in a regatta held in the traditional Tortola Sloops during the August Emancipation Festival.
Round Tortola Paddleboard Record
Mike Hirst and Mark Cochran established the benchmark Round Tortola Record for a Stand Up Paddleboard in the Nanny Cay Challenge with a surprisingly fast time of 7 hours and 9 minutes.
Hirst and Cochrane left Nanny Cay at 5:04am and landed back at 12:13pm. The pair had been waiting for a calm weather window for some time and today, with very light southerly winds forecast, was the day.
Transatlantic Rower Victor Mooney Leaves BVI for 1,800 mile Row To New York
Victor Mooney, transatlantic rower, left Nanny Cay this morning on the next stage of his epic self-propelled journey. He is heading for Puerto Rico, then up to the Bahamas and his final destination of New York – 1,800 miles later. The BVI’s new Governor, John Duncan, was here to see him safely on his way.
Summer Optimist Clinic
Last week kids from around the Caribbean made the most of the last week of their Summer vacation. Junior sailors from the BVI, USVI and Antigua gathered at Nanny Cay for an Optimist clinic with coach Martin Borrallo from Uruguay.
Rest in Peace: Gary Roy
It is with great sadness and shock that we announce the sudden death of friend and colleague, Gary Roy. He will be sadly missed by all of us and we would like to offer our sincere and deep condolences to his family.
Gary, as manager of Peg Legs Restaurant, was a popular, hard-working, and integral part of the Nanny Cay hospitality team.
16th Annual Premier’s Cup Coming Up at Nanny Cay
The 16th annual Premier’s Cup takes place at Nanny Cay next weekend, 19 and 20 July.
The annual event brings together young people between the ages of 10 and 18 from all over the Caribbean for a weekend of fellowship and competition. Last year the two-day event featured 10 teams with about 60 young sailors from around the region including the USVI, Puerto Rico, Anguilla, Trinidad, Barbados and the Bahamas.
Chasing Bubbles: A Documentary About Alex Rust and His Sail Around the World
Chasing Bubbles is a documentary about the journey and spirit of Alex Rust, a farm boy turned day trader from Indiana who, at 25, abandoned his life in Chicago, bought a modest sailboat (called Bubbles) and set out to sail around the world.
Alex began his sailing adventure right here in the BVI from Nanny Cay where he bought Bubbles a 39-foot sailboat, from BVI Yacht Sales.