Youth Sailing

16th Annual Premier's Cup Regatta

Nanny Cay Resort

KATS (Kids and the Sea) resumed their Premier's Cup Regatta at Nanny Cay Resort this weekend.  Teams from the Cayman Islands, Antigua, Anguilla, the USA and British Virgin Islands participated.  In 2011, I created a video of the entire Regatta, however this year I am producing a KATS promo video, which includes Swimming, Sea Skills and Scuba along with Sailing.  I will also be volunteering for the Scuba program. KATS was started as a result of a tragic accident at sea involving kids in St. Thomas.  Since then the British Virgin Islands have been strongly committed to teach the local kids about sea safety.  KATS is one the most highly sponsored charities in the BVI.  Teaching Swimming and Sea Skills is important to graduate into the more difficult disciplines of Sailing and Scuba Diving.                                                                

Friday night was the Reception and Opening Ceremonies and after a night of shooting it was cocktails and nibblers at Peg Legs Restaurant.  I sat at a small table for two and was surprisingly joined by the Premier himself. We ate nibblers and discussed the KATS program. 

BVI Premier Honorable Dr. Orlando Smith and Governor Boyd Mc Cleary and guest

I am committed to this cause as most kids here don't know how to swim and even their parents cannot. It seems to this Wanderer that living on a island means a marriage to the sea....Embrace her.

The Odyssey continues.......