Nanny Cay and Sol team up to benefit RBVIYC Junior Sailing Programme
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Nanny Cay has teamed up with Sol Petroleum a pilot scheme to raise funds for the Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club (RBVIYC) Junior Sailing Programme. The collaboration between the two businesses, which is retroactive from January 1, 2011, facilitates the collection of a donation from every gallon of fuel sold at the marina. The monies will be paid over to the RBVIYC each month and will be used to advance the development of the programme for the young sailors of the territory.
Guy Phoenix, captain of sailing at the RBVIYC, approached Sol and Nanny Cay Resort and Marina to solicit support for the programme. The companies agreed to benefit the not-for-profit organization by a synergic approach based on their existing relationship as supplier/distributor. The RBVIYC is in the process of expanding the scheme to include other marinas offering Sol fuels.
SY Aiyana at the BVI Spring Regatta
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Visitors to this year’s 40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta (and Nanny Cay’s docks) will be able to marvel at a brand new superyacht that will be competing in the Spinnaker racing fleet. Launched in 2010, Yacht Aiyana is spending its first season in the Caribbean before heading to the Mediterranean for the summer months and will be docked at Nanny Cay Marina for the duration of the regatta. Aiyana will be hard to miss with its 82 foot blue hull and very sleek low profile lines, which give it a very smooth look and style. Designed in New Zealand by the renowned firm Warwick Yacht Design and built by Alia Yachts in Turkey, Aiyana reflects the latest advances in yacht design, technology and interior luxury.
RBVIYC Youth Sailing Programme going great guns
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Click to enlargeThe Royal BVI Yacht Club’s Youth Sailing Programme, which is now based at Nanny Cay, is roaring away under the watchful eye of Richard Wooldridge and an army of volunteers. Sailing takes place every Saturday morning either off the beach when it’s calm or in Sea Cows Bay if it’s windy using a newly built raft as a base.
Slideshow after the break…
Caribbean 1500 Final Report
Smidge Takes Top Honors in the 21th Anniversary Caribbean 1500 Rally;)
Caribbean 1500 fleet on the docks – click to enlargeWaiting for the late season Hurricane Tomas and a succession of lows to pass before leaving, the 21th Anniversary Caribbean 1500 fleet of 75 boats experienced strong northwest winds and northerly swells in its annual trek to the Caribbean – and Nanny Cay. Smidge, a Hallberg Rassey 43, owned by the Benbow family from Yardley, PA, took Overall Handicap Honors. First to finish was Sunsets, a MacGregor 65 owned by Howard Weiss and Kelly Reed of Gaithersburg,MD,.
The Caribbean 1500 Rally, managed by the Cruising Rally Association, left Hampton VA for Tortola on November 8 after a week of preparatory briefings, safety inspections, and gala social events. This year, the participants had a choice of destinations – either Marsh Harbor in the Abacos or Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. The Bahamas Class, made up of 11 boats, left a week earlier and skirted the coast to Charleston before proceeding to the Abacos.
Triple Jack wins PegLegs Round Tortola Race
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Geoge Lane, skipper of Triple Jack with the Round Tortola Race trophy – click to enlargeIn winds gusting in the 20-25 knot range on the north side of Tortola, Triple Jack, a 32-year old Kelsall One-Off skippered by George Lane, won the PegLegs Round Tortola Race on Saturday, November 20, for the second year in a row, beating second-placer igoodia by a shy one minute on elapsed time. Jack Dusty III a Pearson 40 skippered by 84-year-old Bill Hirst won cruising class.
The 45-foot Triple Jack circumnavigated Tortola in 3 hours 53 minutes and 27 seconds missing her personal best, set last year in unprecedented conditions for the race, by 20 minutes exactly. Breaking the daggerboard lost them some of the precious minutes needed to beat last year’s time, as did the outhaul giving way near Scrub Island. More photos after the break…
Gill BVI International Match Racing Championship for BVI Spring Regatta
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IC24s racing at last year’s BVI Spring RegattaFor its 40th anniversary, the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival (March 28 to April 3, 2011) hosted and presented by Nanny Cay Marina, has announced a partnership with Gill to bring the Gill BVI International Match Racing Championship to its racing lineup. This invitational event, held from March 30 to 31, 2011 will feature eight teams racing in one-design IC24s off the shore of Nanny Cay. The event has been given Grade 3 status by ISAF, allowing international challengers to earn points towards their ISAF World Match Race Rankings. A professional race management team that includes Chief Umpire Tom Rinda and PRO Bill Canfield will ensure world-class competition and organization.
41st Annual PegLegs Round Tortola Race
Triple Jack, winnner of last year’s PegLegs Round Tortola RaceThe annual PegLegs Round Tortola Race organised by the Royal BVI Yacht Club will take place on Saturday, November 20th. This 36-mile event is in its 41st consecutive year of running and this will be the third year in a row that the fleet will undertake a complete circumnavigation of Tortola, starting and finishing off Nanny Cay.
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After numerous line honours in the Round Tortola Race since her arrival in the BVI in 1997, Triple Jack managed to claim overall victory in last year’s race. In conditions seemingly made for this trimaran, she circumnavigated Tortola in three hours, thirty-three minutes and twenty-seven seconds, setting the round Tortola record. She beat closest rival Jurakan, a Melges 32, by 42 minutes across the line. Jurakan currently holds the monohull record of 4 hours, 15 minutes and 5 seconds.
Movember in the BVI
Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men’s health and in particular Prostate Cancer. Prostate Cancer is the second largest killer cancer of males after lung cancer, despite having a 90% success rate of being treated successfully when diagnosed.
Movember BVI is now well underway and all monies raised go towards Prostate screening and men’s health issues in the BVI.
Annual Halloween Party
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Nanny Cay once again hosted the annual Cedar School Halloween Party last weekend. Although accurate records have not been kept, it’s something like the 20th!
Ghouls, goblins, gorillas and many more horrifying sights spent the afternoon marauding on the grounds of Nanny Cay dunking teachers, bouncing, parading, and eating lots of candy while the parents sheltered near one of the two bars open on the beach… good times!
A few more photos after the break…