Smugglers Cove
British Virgin Islands

Escape BVI is proud to announce the 1st Annual Escape BVI Regatta, to be held at Smugglers Cove, Tortola, on May 13, 2006. The format for the regatta combines all of the sailing organizations throughout the BVI's as participants in some capacity, bringing instructors and volunteers together to make the regatta a true community effort in sailing venues. Other sponsors of the regatta, all from Tortola, come from a wide spectrum of businesses, and Escape BVI is pleased to have their support and help with the 1st Annual Regatta.

The racing classes invited to the regatta include the single handed Laser class, the high speed windsurfers, and the most popular one design keel boat in the Caribbean - the IC 24's. Unique to the regatta is the IC 24 fleet using spinnakers, which is the first time in an organized around the buoys regatta. It should prove to be a challenge to the IC 24 crews, on the windward / leeward courses set just outside the point at Smugglers Cove.

The venue itself is very unique, being that the Regatta is the first one ever to be held in Smugglers Cove. An idyllic setting in crystal clear waters, a beautiful beach from which all of the competitors can literally wade through the waters to their boats, which will be moored close to the white sandy beach!

Onshore is the Smugglers Cove Beach Bar, also a main sponsor of the regatta, which is having a live band and  beach barbeque, offering the usual great snorkeling and many fun events going on all day long. One of the best things about the venue is the ability of the spectators on the beach to see yacht racing up close as many of the racers will be just a few hundred yards offshore showing the crowd their skills.

Don't miss this annual event! Sailor or not, everyone in attendance will be guaranteed a great time, and what better place to spend the day than at the number one beach on Tortola, Smugglers Cove!

For further information or to signup for the regatta go to: Escape BVI Regatta - Smugglers Cove