BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival
A steady 18 knots+ which built to 24 throughout racing, greeted the fleet for another day of competition at the 49th BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival. An exciting start by FOX, in Racing division, saw the sleek and extremely fast Botin 52 come down hard and slide through a tight port-tacked fleet to easily take the line, and onto a first-place finish. The big breeze today saw a few boats sustain some breakages along with a few early retirees knowing they still have plenty of racing ahead of them this week.
2022 BVI Sailing Festival – Race to Foxy’s
Racing (CSA – 15 Boats)
1. FOX, Botin 52 52, Victor Wild , San Diego, CA, USA – 1 ; 1
2. Arabella, Cape 31 9.55, Niall and Olivia Dowling , Cowes, Isle of Wight, GBR – 2 ; 2
3. OMII, Swan 58 58, Shahid Hamid , GBR – 3 ; 3
Cruising/Performance Cruising (CSA – 8 Boats)
1. Libertas, Beneteau 40 40, Walter Keenan , Nanny Cay, Tortola, BVI – 1 ; 1
2. Moxie, Beneteau 44, Patricia Nolan , Gulfport, FL, US – 2 ; 2
3. PAROMA, Salona 44 44.3, Michael Wilkinson , Richardson, TX, USA – 3 ; 3
Bareboat / Cruising Multihull (CSA – 17 Boats)
1. La Novia, Leopard 50 50, Georges Coutu , DOM – 1 ; 1
2. Moon Rainbow, Sunsail 41 41, Robin Tattersall , BVI – 2 ; 2
3. Makin’ Memories, Sunsail 41 41, Willem Ellemeet , NL – 3 ; 3
Performance Multihull (CSA – 4 Boats) 1. Fujin, Bieker 53 53, Greg Slyngstad , USA – 1 ; 1
2. Nemo, HH66 66, Todd Slyngstad , USA – 2 ; 2
3. Byzantine, MC 60 60, Jordan Van Zyl , USA – 5 ; 5
