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Triple Jack To Compete In Caribbean 600 After Hurricane Irma Destruction
Triple Jack, the 44-year old Derek Kelsall designed one-off trimaran, will be making her ocean racing return in the Caribbean 600 on February 19 after a 39-year hiatus since the Ostar in 1984.
Read MoreBreathing Life Back Into A Multihull Beauty
Broadsword has been documenting Triple Jack’s exploits for many years. Here’s an update we wrote for the BVI Spring Regatta and general media usage.
Read MoreNew Web Site For BVI Spring Regatta
Broadsword developed (and manages) the BVI Spring Regatta’s new web site which rolled out in late 2022 to market and celebrate the 50th edition of the BVI Spring Regatta in April 2023
Read MoreBroadsword Brings Rapha Ambitious 220 To BVI
In the Covid Summer of 2021 we were a little under-occupied so we raised $14,638.66 for two charities in the Rapha Ambitious 220 BVI. The Rapha Ambitious 220 was an annual charity bike ride from Manchester to London which organisers took virtual and global at the height of Covid restrictions. Taking place over the weekend…
Read MoreBVI ‘s First Multi-Day Virtual Event
Broadsword produced a three-day virtual show for the BVI Charter Yacht Society. With most of the BVI-based crewed yachts unable to attend the annual Fall Charter Yacht Show, the event had to go virtual. The aim of the show was for yacht brokers to tour the yachts and meet the crews. The event streamed for…
Read MoreGrind Baby Grind!
Always fun to cover the Nanny Cay Block Party and the winching competition that is growing in popularity!
Read MoreBrandywine Estate Restaurant – Photo Reportage
Regis and Claudine Bourdon are up to great things at Brandywine Estate Restaurant as this feature in the December issue of Virgin Islands Property & Yacht covers. We provided the photographic element for the article and most of these photos didn’t make it – obvious for the style and focus of the article. But we really liked…
Read MoreSocial Media Marketing Content – Pirate Treasure Trail Campaign
When Nanny Cay teamed up with Sunsail and the BVI Tourist Board as part of the Pirate Treasure Trail, a family-fun pirate-themed treasure hunt around the BVI, Broadsword provided some less than usual content to help keep Nanny Cay remain front and centre in the #BVITreasureSail campaign on social media.
Read MoreBonecrusher 5.3 Mile Charity Swim
The Bonecrusher Charity Swim saw swimmers covering 5.3 miles from Brewer’s Bay to Diamond Cay, Jost Van Dyke, raising $10,000 for T’Shonda Dore, “a bright, funny and outgoing 11 year old girl suffering from Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)” .
Read MoreIs your business at risk from Digital Sharecropping?
What happens if, overnight, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram disappear? What happens to all your content – photos, articles, documents? Unlikely admittedly, but what happens to your online presence? Have you become victim to digital sharecropping?
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