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| BVI Spring Regatta |
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The BVI Spring Regatta has no doubt grown stronger each year. This year, the committee is more than happy to announce several new initiatives, notably the green initiative, the International Yacht Clu...
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| Finian Maynard |
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Catching Up - We are pretty happy to see windsurfing at the BVI Spring Regatta. Especially me, I am pretty stoked. It’s only natural that there are so many people that are wind...
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| Reef Check |
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This month, marine ecologist Dr. Gregor Hodgson, founder of the Reef Check Foundation, will visit the territory to assist Reef Check BVI, the Tourist Board, Conservation and Fisheries Department and t...
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| Editor's Notes |
 | April, BVI Spring Regatta—Incredible!
No doubt you are reading this while you are at the regatta or competing in it. It is always an awesome time for us at BVI Yacht Guide. Most of us compete or volunteer, and those that man the office behind us, we do thank them wholeheartedly. Transitions are nothing new to the BVI, this being a political year and the year that we all hope to see a global ...
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| Skipper's Tips |
 | Green is the New Black - Environmentally responsible boat operation and marina management have become the latest fashion trend and obsession of the maritime industry. Whilst the critical gaze is often on large, motor-propelled vessels, sailing yachts are also being scrutinized as sources of pollution. Cleaning products, lubricants, fuels and other substances are all now looked at as po...
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| Glass isn't Trash |
 | Of course maybe this is wrong,
But don’t believe it: a happiness exists,
All right, I have seen it for myself,
Touched it, touched the woman
Who with her daughter together keep
Ammonia in Mason jars by the side window.
−Alberto Ríos, from “Mason Jars by the Window”
When I was growing up, my mom never threw away glass jars. Our pantry had a shelf full of empty, clean j...
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| Yard Talk |
 | Black Market - I was recently sailing with friends on a jolly up to North Sound. The guys bought the boat off a couple who had decided to take time away from the rat race to cruise for a year around the Caribbean and ended up in the BVI. After their year, they sold the boat— lock, stock and dinghy and about as ready to go as you can imagine. It’s a cruiser’s dream, an...
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| Provisioning |
 | A Greener Galley - In many ways, sailing is the ultimate green activity. How many other ways can you travel thousands of miles with almost no energy consumption related to your mode of transportation? In reality, most of us operate our diesel engines at least occasionally, use strong chemicals during boat maintenance and generate more trash than we’d prefer. In honor of the 40th ...
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| EDGE |
 | The Mechanics of Quantum - In a quest to find out what makes the loft tick, YG sat down with Quantum's BVI chief, Kevin Wrigley, who gave us a look at the philosophy and practices of sailmaking, Quantum-style. The technology of sailmaking is a never-ending, evolving process. We have a research partner at the University of Maryland, in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. It'...
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