Events
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.
Read MoreMovember 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.
Read MoreAnnual 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…
Read MoreNanny Cay’s GM interviewed on Cowes Radio
Nanny Cay are sponsors of the Breakfast Show on Cowes Radio at Cowes Week. Nanny Cay’s general manager, Miles Sutherland-Pilch, was interviewed live today. To follow the Cowes Week coverage live, go to www.cowesradio.co.uk or tune in to 87.7FM if you’re in the UK.
Read MoreNanny Cay pledges half a decade of support to BVI Spring Regatta
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(L-R) Miles Sutherland-Pilch, general manager, Nanny Cay Resort and Marina, Judy Petz, director, BVI Spring Regatta, Bob Phillips, chairman, BVI Spring Regatta – click to enlargeAfter eight consecutive years of hosting the BVI Spring Regatta (BVISR), Nanny Cay Resort and Marina (Nanny Cay) has committed to supporting the territory’s largest regatta for an additional five years. Miles Sutherland-Pilch, general manager of Nanny Cay, met with Bob Phillips, chairman of the BVISR committee, to sign the agreement last Tuesday. The renewed contract confirms Nanny Cay as the presenting sponsor and host venue provider through 2016.
“Nanny Cay is very pleased to renew its arrangement with the BVISR,” said Miles. “Over the years, we have substantially improved the infrastructure and honed our preparations for the regatta from planning dockage and the supply of reliable electrical and plumbing services, to providing manpower to set up the village. We work with the organising committee and other external organisations to ensure the security, health and safety – and of course, fun – of all visitors.
Read MoreAnother successful Premier’s Cup at Nanny Cay
Great fellowship, wonderful sportsmanship, good weather, no incidents, loads of fun and a win for the third straight year for Team St. Thomas, at the end of the 2010 Premier’s Cup International Youth Regatta held at the Nanny Cay over the weekend.
Seven (7) teams took part in the 12th Annual Premier’s Cup, which according to all reports from the organizers, sponsors, participants and volunteers, was a highly successful event.
After three days of racing from 10-11 July, Team Anguilla was adjudged second place winners, with the home team of the British Virgin Islands placing third. In 4th place was Puerto Rico, St. Croix – 5th, Bequia – 6th and USA – 7th. The Team Pride Award, for good sportsmanship, went to Team USA. All teams were presented with participation medals.
Read MoreMajor cruising rally organisers to join forces
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Caribbean 1500 participants ready for the off on Nanny Cay’s beach – click to enlargeThe Cruising Rally Association (CRA), best known as the organiser of the annual Caribbean 1500 Rally from Hampton VA to the British Virgin Islands, and World Cruising Club (WCC), organisers of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) to the Caribbean, are joining forces to become the largest global organisation dedicated to the sport of passage-making.
The CRA’s Caribbean 1500 and Atlantic Cup arrive and depart from Nanny Cay, while the ARC’s return event, ARC Europe, leaves from Nanny Cay.
Read MoreTen teams slated for Premier’s Cup to be held at Nanny Cay
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Team BVI after the prize giving at Nanny Cay last year – click to enlargeOver one hundred (100) young sailors from several Caribbean countries will converge on Nanny Cay next month for the annual Premier’s Cup Sailing Regatta, to be hosted by Kids And The Sea (KATS) and the Rotary Clubs of Tortola. The event, presented by platinum sponsor Digicel BVI, will be held from 9-11 July.
Organizers announced on Monday that ten teams will be participating in the annual event. Teams will represent Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bequia, BVI, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda and Sail Caribbean. Team BVI, headed by DonTae Hodge, won last year’s event.
Read MoreNanny Cay wraps busy winter season
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The Oyster fleet on the dock – clcik to enlargeWe’ve just wrapped a busy winter season after hosting the BVI Spring Regatta, Oyster BVI Regatta, and two rallies: the ARC Europe and the Atlantic Cup.
As host and presenting sponsor for the ninth consecutive year, Nanny Cay was home base for the week-long BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival with the Regatta Village on the beach.
Since the BVI Spring Regatta moved to Nanny Cay in 2002, it has made considerable improvements to its facilities including the creation of the beach – one of the few in the Caribbean at a marina – and substantial electrical upgrades which included additional transformers, outlet pedestals and back up generators to ensure that party-central, the Regatta Village, operated 24/7.
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