Triple Jack Snatches Back Round Tortola Record
Trimaran Triple Jack snatched back her Round Tortola Record on Thursday October 25, flying around the island in 2 hours, 40 minutes and 18 seconds, taking 10 minutes off Formula 40 Soma’s record time set in April 2010 (2 hours, 50 minutes and 15 seconds). The vintage 34-year old Kelsall One-Off shattered her benchmark time of 3 hours and 33 minutes set in the 2009 Round Tortola Race.
Caribbean 1500 2012 Preview
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Caribbean 1500 – 2011 Caris docks in Nanny Cay. Image free for editorial use. © World Cruising Club. Photo credit Julie PalmForty-two boats are due to start the 23rd Caribbean 1500 rally on November 4 in Hampton Virginia. Thirty-six boats will be heading for Nanny Cay Marina, and six boats will make up the ARC Bahamas fleet, bound for Bluff House Marina on Green Turtle Cay in the Abaco Bahamas.
All but two of the 35 monohulls and 6 catamarans will be sailing in the Cruising Division, enjoying fun competition using World Cruising Club handicaps. This simple and free-to-use system allows boats of all types to be evenly matched and even takes into account motoring hours, allowing boats to keep moving in light airs or heavy swells.
Staff Spotlight: Violet Prosper
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Violet Prosper, Budget MarineViolet is one of the many smiling faces you will find at Nanny Cay. She is a BVI marine industry veteran having arrived in the BVI in 1994 and working at Stardust Marine, Sun Yacht Charters, and Sunsail before joining the Nanny Cay family at Budget Marine in September 2007.
A Dominican and mother of two girls 22 and 17 – one studying Psychology and one aiming to become a Coroner – Violet is the Store Supervisor and second in command to manager, Theresa Williams.
31st Annual BVI Charter Yacht Show at Nanny Cay
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One of the tasty desserts from last year’s culinary competitionThe BVI Charter Yacht Society’s (CYS) annual industry show has moved to Nanny Cay and will take place from Sunday, November 4th until Friday, November 9th
Sunday is “New Crew Orientation”, and registration kicks off Monday at the CYS registration desk between C and D dock. Captain Mulligan’s will host the CYS AGM and crew social in the evening
Tuesday is the official “Day One” and starts with Broker Registration and then rolls into a New Broker Seminar with yacht viewings of the approximately 90 crewed yachts throughout the day. Opening Night festivities will include a Vendor Village and a “How well do you Know your Mate” game show on the stage and beach.
Collaborative KATS-RBVIYC Learn to Sail Program gets underway
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RBVIYC Instructor, Omari Scott, introducing sailing terms to students before heading out on the waterOn Saturday September 22, the first collaborative Learn to Sail program between Kids And The Sea (KATS) and the Royal BVI Yacht Club (RBVIYC) started. This 10-week introduction to sailing and water safety has been made possible by combining the efforts of both organisations which call Nanny Cay their home.
Brian Duff, director of sailing development at the RBVIYC, and Chris Ghiorse, executive director of KATS, have been talking for the past six months about how they could introduce more youth to sailing.
“We wanted to create a program that could reach out and find students interested in learning to sail while, at the same time, providing a very economical solution to enable students to participate. The result is the creation of this program we just started,” said Ghiorse.
Full-on Fun and Top Racing Set for New BVI Sailing Festival
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Village life is going to ge busier!The organisers of the week-long BVI Sailing Regatta & Sailing Festival hosted by Nanny Cay have announced exciting changes to the format of the popular three-day prelude to the BVI Spring Regatta in 2013 – known as the BVI Sailing Festival.
The programme includes a race around the island of Tortola for the Nanny Cay Cup, the following day a race to neighbouring Norman Island for some beach-time fun and games at Pirates Bar in The Bight and then a chance to discover Tortola from a different perspective – on, off and under the water – on the final day of the Festival. The Sailing Festival offers competitors the opportunity to discover the magic of some of the 60+ islands that make up the British Virgin Islands whilst taking part in the Regatta.
Change of Date for 2013
Hosted by Nanny Cay Resort and Marina, the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival has moved the date of the 2013 event to March 25th-31st to allow sailors to compete in several different regattas in what has become a packed Caribbean racing calendar.
BVI Movember donates $10,000
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BVI Movember Charitable Trust – a charity Nanny Cay is proud to support – recently announced its contributions towards the research, treatment and awareness of prostate cancer. The charity, whose patron is His Excellency the Governor Boyd McCleary, donated $10,000 to the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the United Kingdom, with the funds marked specifically for prostate cancer research.
In addition to the $10,000 donation to the MRC, the Trust distributed funds to a BVI resident suffering from prostate cancer who must travel to the USVI every day for his treatment. “We want BVI residents to know our goal is to help those suffering from prostate or testicular cancers. The whole point of all the Movember events is to raise awareness and to fund research to prevent these cancers and also to let those with cancer know that we can offer financial assistance,” said BVI Movember co-founder Scott Hart.
The Caribbean (BVI Spring Regatta & Nanny Cay) In Cowes
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It was a great atmosphere. The sun was out, the sky was blue and you could have been forgiven you were in the Caribbean as crews arrived for the after racing Caribbean drinks party to celebrate the 2013 BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival with Nanny Cay.
After an excellent day’s racing on day one of the Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week regatta, crews were ready for a glass of Mount Gay Rum after racing. With Caribbean music playing as guests arrived and Mount Gay Rum and ginger served from the rum shack bar, everyone had lots of fun. It was a lively atmosphere and great vibe.
Anguilla Retains Premier’s Cup; BVI Places Second
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2nd place overall BVI- 2 in action on the final dayAfter two days of exciting racing here at Nanny Cay, “impressive” aptly describes the performance delivered by Anguilla, who won the 2012 Kids And The Sea (KATS) Premier’s Cup, retaining the title they won in 2011. Second place went to team BVI 2, with third place going to the Bahamas.
The other teams competing were Trinidad & Tobago, Puerto Rico, Cayman, USA Sail Caribbean and the other local team, BVI 1.
Racing took place in the Sir Francis Drake Channel off Nanny Cay all day on Saturday and also on Sunday morning, with 17 races conducted in total. Racing was conducted in Caribbean-one design IC-24s.