Official Host Marina

The Atlantic Cup

Return Rally To Sail from the BVI to the US via Bermuda

A great way to come home from the Caribbean! We would love to have you join us for the Atlantic Cup, leaving Nanny Cay Marina on Tortola. It is great fun to catch up with the friends you made in the 1500 last fall. This will be a particularly exciting event as it will be the first time we leave from Nanny Cay Marina. You will love the facilities …  for the boat (docks, chandlery, comprehensive marine services) and yourself (pool, restaurants, and other amentities).

Over the years, we have found it best to split the return trip into two legs.  Two shorter weather windows seem to be more frequent than one long one at that time of the year. So, we have an organized rally, complete with radio call schedules, transponders, social events, and awards, between Tortola and Bermuda. And then, we wait for the next weather window to leave for the second leg. At that point, smaller groups of boats head off for different destinations and informally continue the radio call-ins as they go.  

While it is not an “official route,” we we will also have an Atlantic Cup contingent that sails directly from Tortola to the East Coast without the stop in Bermuda. People who choose that route will participant in all of the Nanny Cay events and carry a transponder on board as they converse with the rest of the fleet daily at the designated SSB chat hours. 

The event is open to all sailors, so feel free to invite your new cruising friends to join us as well. 

The finish and awards party will be at the St George's Dinghy and Sports Club before the ralliers sail on to New England, Europe, or the Mid-Atlantic. Boats can join ARC Europe leaving from the same club.