Boatyard
Nanny Cay Doubles Backup Power Capacity
With the use of a truck crane, backhoe, a generator wrangler, and some engineers (see the pictures below), we have just doubled our backup power with the installation of a second 750 KVA generator.
With current loads, this addition gives us one redundant generator enabling us to use them on an alternating basis.
Read MoreRC44 Fleet Returns To British Virgin Islands
After its inaugural visit in 2014, the RC44 Class has returned to the BVI to hold the season finale of the 2015 RC44 Championship Tour here. Nanny Cay was the staging point once again and we watched these one-design racing machines emerge from their plastic-wrap chrysalises.
Read MoreDanny Provides Hurricane Prep Practice
Danny was the wake up call for the “quiet” 2015 hurricane season. Soon after it rolled off the African coast, it was christened Danny and rapidly grew from a storm to a category 3 hurricane.
Forecasters never deviated from their predictions that Danny would eventually succumb to strong wind shear and weaken if not dissipate completely.
However, you can never be too careful when it comes to hurricane preparation – once it’s too late it really is too late.
Read MoreNew Budget Marine BVI Building Progressing
The building that will house the new Budget Marine BVI chandlery and marine store is well on its way to completion. Construction started in March and is due to finish at the end of July, with the store opening at the end of August.
Read More2014 – A Look Back
2014 – another busy year at Nanny Cay. It started with one of those “ahhh” moments when we rescued a baby turtle from the marina and was then followed by reality shows, regattas, cruising rallies, boat shows, Atlantic rowers, round Tortola records, awards, and a lot of hauling boats!
Read MoreNew Filtration System For Our Pressure Washers
We recently invested in a new filtration system for the boatyard manufactured by Encyclon Inc, a leading cyclonic filtration system manufacturer. This new system will give us another level of water filtration on the hundreds of boats that are hauled and pressure-washed in our boatyard every year.
Read MoreRace Fleet Arrives over Christmas
RC44s – ducks in a row…Before the two days of Christmas excess had even been digested, a stream of trucks could be seen heading between Nanny Cay and Port Purcell. They were ferrying containers and oddly-shaped plastic-wrapped trailers, and prompted many questions throughout the two days of transfer.
Read MoreCay Electronics moves to Nanny Cay
The BVI’s premier marine electronics provider, Cay Electronics, has relocated out of Wickham’s Cay II to a new specially built location in the heart of Nanny Cay.
Established in 1982, Cay Electronics serves as the BVI’s most renowned engineering, sales and service company specializing in the sale, installation and repair of a variety of marine related electronics and electrical equipment.
Read MoreJust another day at Nanny Cay!
This Lagoon 450 has sat forlornly in our yard since last October after she went up on the reef off Sandy Spit days after arriving in the BVI from the factory in France.
She was purchased from the insurers earlier this year and everything came together this week for her move to St Maarten where she is going to re-built.
Nanny Cay Boatyard: A checklist for boat storage
Boaters who use the Nanny Cay Boatyard for storage of their boats are being encouraged to adhere to the checklist of preparatory measures provided by the boatyard.
The 34-item checklist is intended as a guide for boaters in preparing to haul out and store their boats. Boatyard Manager Keith LiGreci identifies the two most important factors as the removal of the genoa while the boat is in the water and the removal of all food items.
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