Gearing Up for KATS Premier’s Cup Regatta
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KATS BVI sailors practicing on the Nanny Cay KATS IC24.On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 13th, 14th and 15th, Kids And The Sea (KATS) BVI along with the Rotary, Rotaract and Interact Clubs of the BVI, and platinum sponsors Digicel, NAGICO, Nanny Cay Resort & Marina will host the 14th Annual Premier’s Cup International Youth Regatta at Nanny Cay Marina.
The event is the only youth team sailing event in the Caribbean. It brings together young people between the ages of 10 and 18 for a weekend of fellowship and competition.
With a little over one month to go there are already 10 teams confirmed. Last year’s winning team from Anguilla and teams looking to challenge them from Antigua, Bahamas, Cayman, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Tortola, Trinidad & Tobago and the United States.
Dates Announced for 2013 BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival
25th-31st March 2013 The BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival will take place a week earlier in 2013, with regatta dates set for March 25-31. In cooperation with other regattas, the BVI Spring Regatta hosted by Nanny Cay Resort and Marina, will move to the earlier date, but will continue to follow the St.…
ARC Europe heads off
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Light winds dominated the start for ARC Europe here early Saturday afternoon. However, it still made for an impressive sight as 24 ARC Europe boats sailed passed the committee vessel, heading West down the Sir Francis Drake Channel before heading North for the 850NM passage to Bermuda.
The fleet really got into the spirit of the rally as they all sailed across the line, with many attempting to fill their cruising chutes whilst not being deterred by the prevailing light winds. Chiscos was the first to hoist their pink parasailor. M.R Stefanik, Purrr-fect and Pinta also followed up from behind, flying their colourful chutes.
Farewells and Atlantic Cup departure
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The Atlantic Cup start off Nanny Cay – click to enlargeAfter checking out with the rally office from 0800 yesterday, the Atlantic Cup participants made some last minute preparations before heading out to the start line just outside the Nanny Cay marina entrance. The Atlantic Cup, a sister event to ARC Europe, is for sailors returning to the East coast of the US via Bermuda.
ARC Europe Safety Day
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Liferaft training in the Nanny Cay poolThe World Cruising Club team held a “safety day” for the ARC Europe fleet gathering at Nanny Cay Marina on Tuesday. Andrew Bishop executed an excellent safety management seminar upstairs at Peg Legs with the majority of the skippers in attendance, providing his personal experiences of problems at sea to include fires, grounding, demasting, man overboard, and some serious injuries. After this long list, Andrew was sure that no crew would ever want to sail with him after that, but the truth is simply that he has had a lot of experience at sea over the years and has sailed under a wide variety of conditions.
ARC Europe gearing up for departure
World Cruising Club’s ARC Europe 2012 will depart Nanny Cay Saturday, May 5, and 35 yachts are currently signed up. There is a good mixture of yachts that have sailed on World Cruising Club events in the past, including several that just completed ARC 2011, and new participants joining for the first time. It is a great opportunity to meet and sail in company with an international mix of sailors on the 3,650NM passage across the North Atlantic to Europe.
Twenty-five yachts will again be starting from Nanny Cay and there is also a start on the same day from Hampton, VA, in the US with five yachts set to depart from there. All yachts will be heading to the first rally destination port, St. George’s in Bermuda.
Oyster BVI Regatta closes at Nanny Cay
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Perhaps, David Tydeman, CEO of Oyster Marine summed up the Oyster’s Regatta BVI at the final prize giving. “This has been one of the most friendly and enjoyable regattas of the 28 events we have had over the years. The sailing conditions have been nothing short of superb and the feedback coming from the Oyster owners is unanimous; the racecourses have provided a blend of amazing scenery and challenging sailing with close competition between the fleet. It had been especially pleasant to see nine Oysters in attendance for the first time and we hope that the experience will make them regular visitors to Oyster events.”
For the last day of racing, sponsored by Pantaenius, The Oyster fleet enjoyed a passage race to Nanny Cay Marina. However, light winds necessitated a shorter course. Starting in the North Sound, a route around The Dogs then passed the western shore of Virgin Gorda, Fallen Jerusalem and Ginger Island where a finish line was laid. These islands offer mesmerising vistas of extraordinary beauty but also tactically challenging wind shifts and current eddies.
Nanny Cay and Sol continue to support youth sailing
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(L-R) Cameron McColl – owner Nanny Cay Resort and Marina, and Deborah Benjamin – country manager, Sol, present donation cheque for youth sailing to Chris Haycraft, commodore, Royal BVI Yacht Club pictured with club youth sailors.In a joint initiative with Sol, a contribution from every gallon of fuel sold at the Nanny Cay Marina fuel dock is made to the Royal BVI Yacht Club Youth Sailing Programme. During the BVI Spring Regatta Cameron McColl, owner of Nanny Cay Resort and Marina, and Deborah Benjamin, country manager, Sol, presented the next installment to Chris Haycraft, commodore, Royal BVI Yacht Club.
Also during the BVI Spring Regatta, Sol hosted junior sailors of the Royal BVI Yacht Club (RBVIYC) and raised $4000 through raffle ticket sales. The raffle is the largest annual fundraising effort undertaken by the club’s junior sailors and proceeds of the ticket sales will be used to purchase equipment for the youth sailing programme.
Oyster BVI Regatta kicks off at Nanny Cay
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Oysters on A dock. Click to enlargeOn Monday morning revellers from the closing party of the 2012 BVI Spring Regatta had barely left the Regatta Village when the Nanny Cay crew had to go into full clean up mode and clear the docks for 24 Oysters as they arrived for their bi-annual Oyster Regatta BVI.
They arrived throughout the day and the event kicked off with a skippers briefing in PegLegs late afternoon, followed by a welcome party on the beach.
Despite predictions of little wind for the first race yesterday, a light easterly breeze got racing underway, right on schedule for the Lewmar sponsored race to Cane Garden Bay. Oyster CEO, David Tydeman acting as Race Officer for the week, chose to send the Oyster fleet on an 11-mile course with a downwind start heading west from Nanny Cay.