ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – 2012 London Olympics’ hopeful Alec Anderson has topped a stellar season off with being named the Inter Collegiate Sailing Association All American Skipper of the Year Award for 2011, at the final Nationals banquet in Cascade Locks, Oregon.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With exactly one month to go to their World Games, the Virgin Islands Special Olympics Sailing Team, will parade through Road Town tomorrow May 20, 2011.
Not many can attest to finding peace in the open sea with no land in sight.
Jerome Joseph is a sailor by heart and profession, who capitalizes on the true meaning of being a lover of the sea and nature, and enjoys being an ambassador for the Virgin Islands, that is, spreading the love and joy of island life and sailing.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A strong sense of Sailing history coupled with red hot racing, professionally run courses, a friendly Regatta village and fantastic entertainment, and you have all the ingredients of an excellent Regatta and that is exactly what the organisers of the 40th BVI Spring Regatta delivered over the last seven days.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI – Despite the calendar date, there were precious few pranks occurring yesterday April 1, 2011 at the 40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival, where 122 boats assembled on four different racecourses, eagerly anticipating their starting guns.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Peter Holmberg took care of business yesterday Thursday March 31, in the Gill BVI Invitational Match Racing Championship. Holmberg, of Olympic and America’s Cup fame, proved untouchable, beating out the five other remaining skippers, an original for top honors .
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – BVI boat, TEAM INTAC, sponsored by BVI Private Wealth Management Firm INTAC Global Investments, returned victorious from St. Maarten after an impressive clean sweep in the 2011 St Maarten Heineken regatta, the 2011 Commodores Cup and the Budget Marine International Match Race.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Each year, during the last week of March and the beginning of April, there is an annual migration of sailors to the Virgin Islands and this year, being the fortieth anniversary of the event, even more are expected.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following almost two years of hard training six athletes have now been chosen to represent the Virgin Islands at the World Games being held in Athens during June this year.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI-Three days of perfect winds suit the sailability sailors as they make circumnavigation of Tortola.
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