Sport-heute: Sailing - Still Time to Charter For Top Warm Weather Racing BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival

13. Februar 2012, 17:43

Still Time to Charter For Top Warm Weather Racing BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival

- 26 March to 1 April 2012

With less than two months to the start of the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival, there is still time to experience one of the best loved regattas in the Caribbean. Gold Sponsor, The Moorings is the official charter partner for the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival and they offer a wide variety of modern yachts and packages to choose from. Copyright: Todd VanSickle.

Zürich, 13.2.12 Red. (mk) At this year's BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival, Dutch Grand Soleil 43, Antilope will count one of the world's most famous sailors in the race. Bouwe Bekking has competed in six round the world races, twice as skipper and Antilope's crew are also taking advantage of the excellent charter facilities in the British Virgin Islands.

"The BVIs is just a fantastic place and rather than put the crew in a house, we have chartered a catamaran for the event. It means that we can stay right in the marina and enjoy all of the dockside fun. Nanny Cay Marina is very sheltered so all the crew can enjoy a comfortable sleep on board with no problem at all and friends and family can also use the catamaran to enjoy a day out on the water."

International Yacht Club Challenge

Among a large fleet of charter yachts expected for the event, yacht clubs from across the globe can also take part in the third International Yacht Club Challenge (IYCC).

The Commodore of the Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club has invited other yacht clubs from around the world to send a team to compete in the IYCC. Yacht clubs from around the world can select members to represent their club and charter a boat from Sunsail. The top prize is a Sunsail charter for a week, hopefully to be used returning the following year to defend the club's title.

For the IYCC, David Higgins, a physician, will be representing the Gavin's Point Yacht Club based in South Dakota:

"It is pretty chilly at home at the moment and I have to say that warm sailing in the beautiful islands is really appealing right now. Our crew will be made up of four couples, including my brother and his wife and also two couples that I often sail with. We have chartered a 53' from Sunsail, it's the largest yacht I have ever chartered but it will also be our home during the regatta. Honestly, one of the main attractions of the IYCC is winning a charter holiday for next year. We love to race and the British Virgin Islands is a wonderful location, at a time of the year when we are experiencing near freezing temperatures in the Mid-West. Role on March, we are all so looking forward to coming out to the BVIs!"

Yacht charter is very well established in the British Virgin Islands. Ready-to-go packages for the regatta include, race measurement and registration and full provisioning for your arrival. A local qualified skipper can also be arranged.

Sunsail's Josie Tucci explains why the British Virgin Islands is their Number One destination:

"The BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival is a superb combination of warm weather racing and fun partying. So it makes sense for us to support this important local event. There's nothing like racing in a Caribbean climate, beautiful blue water racing, friendly competition, great bars and local food."

For more information about the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival and how to represent your club for the IYCC go to: www.bvispringregatta.org Warm Water Hot Racing - Guaranteed

For more information and to enter online visit: www.bvispringregatta.org

NOTES TO EDITORS:

For full details on the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival including daily news, photos and complete results from the 2011 event, visit the official web site: http://www.bvispringregatta.org
Held annually on the first weekend of April, the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival will be celebrating its 41st anniversary - 26 March - 1 April 2012
The BVI Spring Regatta and the Sailing Festival is now one of the top three Caribbean sailing events, with an average of 125 yachts per year with 80% of the competitors from overseas
The week encompasses seven-days and features five separate events, The Sailing Festival comprised of The Bitter End Cup and The Nanny Cay Cup; the Nations Challenge, the Gill BVI International Match Racing Championship and the BVI Spring Regatta
The BVI Spring Regatta is jointly owned by the Royal BVI Yacht Club and the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association
The BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival is presented by Nanny Cay Marina - http://www.nannycay.com.

SPONSORS:

The BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival is presented by Nanny Cay Resort and Marina; Top sponsors are Bitter End Yacht Club, LIME, the BVI Tourist Board, First Caribbean International Bank, Heineken, The Moorings, Mount Gay, SOL, Sea Hawk Nautical Coatings and Gill. Contributing sponsors are Clearwater, BVI Marine Association, Island Oasis, Piper Heidsieck, Sunsail, Courtesy Car Rental and Meridian Construction.

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS:

Visitors can fly to the British Virgin Islands through San Juan, Puerto Rico with American Airlines, Cape Air and LIAT. Flights are also available through Antigua, St. Maartin and Barbados on Virgin Atlantic, British Airways and BWIA. Ferry service is also available from St. Thomas and St. John.

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