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Lettsome & Duff doing well at Worlds
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Local Sailors, Thad Lettsome and Rayne Duff have traveled to Argentina to compete in the Optimist World Championships, at the Club Náutico San Isidro, until today October 30, 2014.
Not all plain sailing for VI Youngsters
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Local Sailors have been busy on the seas over the last couple of weeks with Jason Putley and Daniel Petrovic putting in creditable performances to match those of Alec Anderson and Chris Brockbank.
UPDATE: Brockbank & Anderson raced to 18th place finish yesterday
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After a delayed start on Monday 15, September, 2014, Virgin Islands sailors Chris Brockbank and Alec Anderson finally got underway, sailing a 49er in the Yellow Fleet at the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Championships in Santander, Spain.
VI sailors Andersen & Brockbank on march in Europe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands’ Olympic Sailors, Alec Andersen and Chris Brockbank have traversed Europe again this past week in their continued efforts to practice, prepare and strengthen their competitive edge ahead of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Yacht Club to herald Back to School with a Big Bash!
NANNY CAY, Tortola, VI – With Registration now open for the Royal BVI Yacht Club’s (RBVIYC) Back to School Regatta, organisers have also announced that the Club will be taking part in Bart’s Bash on September 21, 2014.
Duff finishes highest in Optimist Championships
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Junior sailors Rayne Duff, Thad Lettsome, and Nathan Haycraft represented the Virgin Islands (VI) in the Optimist North American Championship 2014 which took place July 9 – 16 in Nayarit, Mexico, with Duff finishing as the highest placed Caribbean competitor.
Sailing programme continues as normal
NANNY CAY, Tortola, VI - After a fantastic week at the BVI spring regatta with the raffle earning over $11,000 for the youth sailing programme, it is all back to normal for the After School Sailing Courses at Nanny Cay, for the Royal BVI Yacht Club.
Team BVI shines at Martin Luther King Regatta!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Over the weekend, January 18-19, 2014, young Virgin Islands sailors travelled off island to compete in the Martin Luther King Regatta, hosted by the St. Thomas Yacht Club in the US Virgin Islands, with Rayne Duff leading a whole host of great results in the Opti Blue class for 11-12 year olds.
Will Round Tortola Challenge Record be beaten again?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When the 44th Annual Peg Legs Round Tortola Race takes place on Saturday November 23, 2013 participants in the 37 mile course will be sailing for the Nanny Cay Challenge and raising money for Charity.
Producer seeks to eliminate VI 'slow season' in first Latino Poker Run
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Devon Osborne, the man behind the first ever BVI Latino Poker Run Festival, said he is seeking to eliminate the slow season in the Virgin Islands with the introduction of the event which is dubbed as the first of its kind.