A BVI feel to Cowes Radio for Cowes Week
Cowes Radio (87.7FM and online – cowesradio.co.uk) will be back on air for it’s almost ¼ century of operation at one of the world’s premier regattas. All the familiar voices and sounds at the heart of the regatta will be back on air from the 31st of July right through to the end of the…
High Marks For Nanny Cay From Atlantic Cup Ralliers
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One of Nanny Cay’s “astonishing” marina bathrooms – click to see larger!The 2009 Atlantic Cup in May was the first Cruising Rall Association event to be hosted by Nanny Cay Marina. Here’s what some of the event participants said about Nanny Cay in a recent newsletter:
“Nanny Cay is easy to enter. No cruise ships, ferry boats, or charter fleets. The fuel dock is efficient; the lsips are very nice. The bathrooms are astonishing – more like a spa than a marina. All in all, we felt it was a nice step up and the price competitive.”
– Bill & Diana Quinlan
Defiance Building Update
Construction of Defiance has been running smoothly and on schedule. The roofs have been mounted on the two-story condos and they are working on mounting the three-story condos this week. The galvanized roofing is due to arrive on island next week at which point they can begin installing. The interior walls have been plastered as…
Quantum Sails International IC24 Regatta
The Quantum Sails International IC24 Regatta will be taking place this weekend at Nanny Cay. The unofficial “worlds” of the IC24 fleet, BVI sailors will be vying to take top slot from Puerto Rico’s Fraito Lugo who won it last year. Read on for the report from last year’s event by Richard Wooldridge of Racing In Paradise:
They came, they raced and they conquered
Fraito Lugo once again proved that he and his evergreen crew are the team to beat in the IC24 world by convincingly winning the ‘Quantum International’. Jose Santiago sailing PUR65 sailed a very consistent regatta to place second by a comfortable margin. The only BVI team to get a look in on the podium was third placed Alec Anderson, who at the age of 17 is now making a habit of showing his transom to the more seasoned BVI helms. There were no USVI entries this year which was a shame. Thanksgiving and a very tight November calendar ruled the regulars out but Kevin Wrigley of Quantum BVI is poised to shift the regatta back to early Summer for 2009.
Windsurfin’, chillin’ & grillin’: Thursday nights at ‘Nanny Cay Lagoon’
Thursday nights are now windsurfing night at Nanny Cay with “Learners’ Ladies Night” and racing for the more experienced. Island Surf & Sail, Nanny Cay’s resident windsurfing and watertoys experts, want to get more people back out on the water and rebuild the social vibe at Nanny Cay lagoon. Island Surf & Sail are charging…
Video: Onboard Can Drac with ARC Europe
Nice little video clip by Can Drac competing in ARC Europe. It starts at Nanny Cay and finishes in Bermuda: Find more videos like this on SeaKnots
Press release: Two International Rallies Depart The BVI From Nanny Cay Resort & Marina
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Nanny Cay, the British Virgin Islands’ flagship resort and marina, recently hosted two cruising rallies: ARC Europe, a transatlantic rally which left for Bermuda and ultimately Portugal, on May 7; and the Atlantic Cup which left for the US and Chesapeake Bay, also via Bermuda, on May 3. Both events visited Nanny Cay for the first time.
Miles Sutherland-Pilch, general manager of Nanny Cay said: “We were very proud to host these two events which between them brought forty yachts to the British Virgin Islands before they left the Caribbean. There are few venues in the Caribbean that can match Nanny Cay’s range of services and facilities to cruising yachtsmen preparing to depart on long crossings.”