Sailing Lessons for Sailboat Racers in the British Virgin Islands
A Week of Big Boat Race Instruction with Expert Coaches
November 3-11, 2012
Join Us for a Superb PERFORMANCE RACE WEEK in Paradise - Our NEW Caribbean Sail-Race Challenge
Join our select team of expert performance race instructors in this round-the-islands week of exciting big-boat race-training on five Moorings 50.5 yacht
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Bring your own crew (maximum six), or join other singles and couples for a great week of camaraderie, racing and good fun.
Each boat is assigned a minimum of four, maximum six participants with your race instructor/coach aboard throughout the week. Accommodations below include four private cabins with a private head (bathroom), and a separate fifth cabin - privately accessed - for your instructor/coach.
A fun, informative week of memorable race training
Plan to arrive Saturday, November 3. Your boat will be available for boarding at 1800 hrs. Then join the Caribbean Sail-Race Challenge coaches and racers for happy hour and dinner ashore. The next morning you’ll leave The Moorings docks and practice race procedures with a rendezvous off Cooper Island for the start of your first race the next day.
Learn and race every day
Every day the fleet will start racing by 9 a.m. with round the buoy, round the island, and island to island courses. Each evening you’ll anchor, moor or dock in a different harbor and enjoy happy hour under the stars and dinner ashore or aboard as your crew desires. Your evening stops include Norman Island, Jost Van Dyke, Marina Key and Peter Island subject to change.
Take a trophy home!
Saturday is Regatta Day in North Sound with trophies and prizes awarded at a fun dinner ashore that evening. The fleet will return to The Moorings docks by noon on Sunday, November 11 in time for you to catch an afternoon flight home. Rooms ashore that night are available on 
request if you wish to leave the following morning.
Call 888-454-7015 to reserve your cabin today!
Package rates
- Single in private cabin - $4495
- Two sharing a cabin - $3695 per person (saves $800 per person)
Your package includes:
- Race instruction and practice races every day – mornings and afternoons
- All races run by the Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club and Doyle Sailmakers - BVI
- Recap with your personal coach at end of each race and end of day
- Two seminar BYOB “happy hour” gatherings aboard one of the boats twice during week (one on starts, the other on upwind and downwind tactics)
- Your single or shared cabin on a Moorings 50.5 Exclusive Class yacht (not more than 2 years old)
- Split provisioning (all breakfasts, lunches, snacks and three dinners aboard)
- Starter pack of bottled water
- Sail-Race Challenge shirt
- Security insurance and national park fees
- Transfers to and from airport on Beef Island
- Mooring fees
- Regatta on last day with instructors as silent observers
- Awards dinner ashore Saturday night
- $500 discount on combined packages if you book April 2012 or 2013 Offshore/North U. Performance Race Week and 2012 Caribbean Sail-Race Challenge at same time ($250 off per week, taken at time final payment is made)
Not included in your package:
- All beverages (alcohol or other) you choose to have aboard
- Drinks and dinners at local bars and restaurants (except dinner final night)
- Docking fees, if any
Special $500 discount for avid racers 
Participate in TWO VERY EXCITING RACE TRAINING PROGRAMS! If you sign up for the November Caribbean Sail-Race Challenge on big boats, and our April 14-20, 2013 Offshore/North U. Performance Race Week on high performance one-design Colgate 26s at the same time - you get to deduct $250 from your final payment for each course. Big and mid-sized boat training all before your 2013 racing season starts in earnest - what a thrill!
Call 888-454-7015 today!
Payment schedule and other details:
- $1400 deposit per person required now to hold your cabin or berth
- Next payment of $1000 per person due by April 1, 2012 (or total of $2400 if you sign up between April 1 and August 1, 2012)
- Package balance ($2095 single in private cabin, $1295 per person two in shared cabin) or full package due no later than August 1, 2012
- Refunds (less a $200 per person handling fee) are allowed up to August 1, 2012
- Regular Terms & Conditions will apply (sent with confirmation of intial deposit)
- Minimum age in this course is 12, accompanied by parents racing on the same boat
About the 50.5
Innovative, spacious, bright, and sophisticated describes the exciting Moorings 50.5. Designed by Berret-Racoupeau and built by Beneateau, this gorgeous yacht features a sleek coachroof, long side windows, a fully-integrated mainsail arch and all the ergonomic ease of detailed design to make the most of each area. With 4 main cabins and 4 electric heads, large salon and linear portside galley the Moorings 50.5 offers an abundance of interior space and comfort.Located forward is an additional cabin, accessed via a hatch, with berth and head. Plenty of opening ports and hatches provide excellent ventilation throughout the yacht. On deck, her spacious cockpit, foredeck and dual helm makes this yacht comfortable and fun to race. The full electronics package includes a color chartplotter, autopilot, digital wind direction and speed indicators, and a VHF radio. The 50.5 has ar conditioning, a generator, bow thruster, electric winches, and upgraded electronics. A video of all its features and accommodations may be seen here.