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British Virgin Islands Spring Regatta Tortola, British Virgin Islands, December 10, 2004 - The organizers of the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival presented by Nanny Cay Marina are planning a major expansion of the one design course. Introduced in 2003 for the IC24s, the course hosted both IC24s and beach cats this year and witnessed twenty-three races in two days. Building on this success, the IC24s and beach cats will be joined by three classes of Lasers (radial, standard, and 4.7s) and a Formula Windsurfing class for 2005. According to regatta chairman Bob Phillips, the BVI Spring Regatta is working towards becoming a more inclusive event: "I'm excited that we will be able to host groups of sailors that are being left out of the other regattas - dinghy sailors and windsurfers. Dinghies and windsurfers are accessible and fun to sail and this further opens the BVI Spring Regatta up to junior sailors and those who prefer to sail dinghies or windsurfers. We're uniquely placed to add this element to our regatta. The one design course is set inshore just south of the entrance to Nanny Cay Marina and perfect for smaller craft and the related fleet control and safety issues." Bob Phillips has big plans for this one design event. "We have had many Olympians at Spring Regatta over the years and it's our dream to make this event a stepping stone to future games. It may take a few years, but our goal is for the one design course to become a qualifying event for the Central American & Caribbean and Pan American games." Competitors may compete with their own Lasers or boats will be available for charter through the Royal BVI Yacht Club at $400 for a four-day rental. A boat tuning and set up clinic will be held on the Nanny Cay beach Thursday (March 31) afternoon. For Laser rental and to book a place on the clinic, contact the Royal BVI Yacht Club: e-mail: judy@rbviyc.net, web: http://www.rbviyc.net, Tel: + (284) 494 3286. Formula Windsurfing is based on a three-sail, one-board concept and is ideally suited for Caribbean racing working in a broad wind range of 6-30 knots. Production equipment commercially available from the major manufacturers is used. Formula Windsurfing eliminates the need for bag and bags of windsurfing equipment and levels the playing field for competitors while offering flexibility in the type and weight of board sailed. Competitors register one board, three sails and three fins for the entire event. The BVI Spring Regatta will allow a maximum board length of 290cm and a maximum width of 110cm with a maximum sail size of 12m. For board rentals contact Nanny Cay-based Island Surf & Sail: e-mail: owen@surfandsailbvi.com, web: http://www.surfandsailbvi.com, Tel: + (284) 494 0123. Organisers are importing veteran one design race officer Tom Dugan to run the show. Tom served as the principal race officer at the 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004 Sunfish World Championships and was a course manager for US Sailing in the Team Racing Championships (Hinman Trophy) in 2002, 2003 and 2004. He ran the Etchell World Championships and before that the Laser Masters Worlds, the 505 North Americans and the Laser Masters North Americans. He has also served on the US Sailing Race Management Committee and was a consultant to the US Star Class Olympic Trials in 2004. One design racing is just a part of the overall event. The BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival is billed as "seven days of fun with two great events in one". The expanded seven-day format introduced in 2003 has turned the traditional three days of racing action into a week-long sailing festival that takes participants throughout the British Virgin Islands. Three days of destination cruising, racing and Lay Day fun, in, around, to and from Virgin Gorda's enclosed North Sound starting March 28 lead up to the main three-day regatta starting on Friday, April 1. The three-day regatta takes place on the south side of Tortola in the Sir Francis Drake Channel on three different courses. For full details on the 2005 BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival and the complete coverage of 2004 event, visit the official web site: http://www.bvispringregatta.org/ posted by editors at 9:14 PM |
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wSunday, December 05, 2004 | |
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PWA Tour 2005 press release 2004 was an extremely successful year for Super X with four counting events and excellent conditions in the first season of the new discipline. For 2005, prize money for World Cup Super X events will rise to €30,000 with Women’s Super X being introduced at €7,500. Another unique aspect of the 2004 circuit was the Nestea sponsorship of the Racing tour. It has been some time since we have had the benefit of a tour sponsor at any level, so the association of major brand such as Nestea can only be seen as a good indication of the developing strength of the tour. Despite very successful events in France and Germany, Nestea has unfortunately decided not to carry on it’s involvement with windsurfing at this time. There were several reasons for this, but in the end Nestea felt that windsurfing was not such a good “brand fit” compared to other alternatives that they were considering. Nestea’s continued involvement would obviously have been a big boost for the tour, but we will simply have to settle for the ongoing steady growth that we have enjoyed since we became independent! The coming year holds the potential to be another year of new events and the continuation of existing ones. The Schroders London Boat Show will again host the first event of the year, this time in the form of a $75,000 full blown PWA Indoor event. Competitors should now have had entry forms for London, so if you fancy your chances in the pool, you know what to do. We are also expecting to announce other indoor events later in the year and are currently working on projects on both sides of the Atlantic. Preparations are also well underway for the Hawaii Pro which was launched very successfully in 2004. The exact details of the event are not fixed yet, but we are once again lucky enough to have the support of the Hawaiian Tourism Authority which will help to realise another truly outrageous event. You will notice several additions to the calendar for 2005, with a few old favourites returning to the tour. Freestyle will be showcased once again in the stunning blue waters of Bonaire and we expect to be back in Guincho, Portugal, in the summer, for some spectacular wave action. As always at this time of year, we are working on a many more projects for next year and as soon as they become more concrete, you will be the first to know. Be assured that we are working hard to bring you new events in great venues, so there is much more going on than meets the eye. PWA website posted by editors at 9:23 PM |
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