Flotillas and Special Offerings BVI Spring Regatta March 25- 31, 2013 Model Sailboats available: Beneteau 44 or Beneteau 39 Tuition: $2,795 per person (4 person maximum per boat) Course Structure: Seven day combination live aboard cruising/racing course; 4 days bareboat charter instruction and racing practice; 3 days of racing. Bareboat charter certification available. Tuition includes: Night of arrival accommodations; 7 nights sleep aboard, instructor, entry fees, dockage fees, provisioning: 7 breakfasts; 7 lunches; snacks; crew shirts, text, cruising permit, National Park fees, fuel top offs, hull damage insurance. Corresponding certifications (optional): Participants with Basic Keelboat and Basic Cruising training may achieve the Bareboat Charter Certification. Exam fee $50 per person Strictly racing course also available. Inclusions are same as above with exception of text. Text for this course is Championship Tactics by Gary Jobson. Itinerary and Curriculum for Live Aboard Cruising/racing course Sunday - Arrive; Check into Nanny Cay hotel
Welcome party at 7:00 p.m at Peg Leg Restaurant | | | Horizon Yacht Charters' Bavaria 37 bested Sunsail, Moorings and VPM in the Bareboat II division at the 30th annual BVI Spring Regatta April 2001. | Monday - Board boats
- Boat checkout and chart briefing
- Racing seminar - Rules, tactics, teamwork
- Sail to Peter Island; anchor and inspect bottom
- Tacks and jibes
- Sail trim, sail shape
- MOBs, reefing
- Welcome party and registration at Regatta Village
Tuesday - Review of previous day
- Pre-race meeting: study course layout, start sequences
- Practice starts
- Race to Bitter End Yacht Club
- Race debrief
- Awards Party at Bitter End Yacht Club
Wednesday - Review of previous day
- Navigation lecture
- Boats system lecture
- Practice starts
- Sail to Anegada
- Debrief
| | | Bavaria 37, BVI Spring Regatta, April 2001 | Thursday - Review of previous day
- Downwind racing and cruising tactics
- Review race courses
- Sail back to base
- Opening Ceremonies at Regatta Village
Friday, Saturday, Sunday - Reviews in the morning, racing in the afternoon
- Graduation and awards Sunday evening
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