Barbadian yachtsmen will face a stern challenge from their regional counterparts when the 28th annual Mount Gay Regatta sails off in Carlisle Bay from May 16th to 19th. Several vessels representing Trinidad and Tobago,Grenada,St. Lucia,St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Martinique and the US Virgin Islands have already confirmed their participation in what is widely considered one of the most...
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Posted on 03 May 2013
May is the month of sailing in Barbados and to celebrate Adrenaline Sun is giving you some sailing action straight from the deck of the “Idea” when our Pulse Team climbed aboard for the 2013 ‘Round Barbados Race, earlier this year. We have to thank Captain Brooks and the crew of the Idea for an epic journey! Check out...
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Posted on 24 Apr 2013
The first name to be engraved on the fine Italian silver Inn Challenge Trophy is Carlo Falcone’s Mariella. The legendary 79ft ketch successfully defended the Mariella Challenge in the match race with Robert Fabre’s 42ft Ketch, Vagabundo II. At nearly twice the length of Vagabundo II, Mariella was given a handicap of over 10 minutes an hour to her...
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Posted on 30 Mar 2013
With 20 knots of easterly funnelling into bullets of pressure of 25 knots, the second day of the BVI Spring Regatta hosted by Nanny Cay Marina produced some electric action in the Sir Francis Drake Channel. Pulses were racing, especially in the Melges and IC24 fleet who scampered downwind in a ball of spray, surfing at high speed. With...
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Posted on 29 Mar 2013
It was a day for watching the weather on the first day of the BVI Spring Regatta hosted by Nanny Cay Marina, Tortola. 10-12 knots of easterly pressure provided perfect conditions for the fleet at the start of the day and the Race Committee chose to use the string of beautiful islands on the south side of the Sir...
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Posted on 28 Mar 2013
After two days of fabulous racing in the BVI Sailing Festival, the BVI Spring Regatta starts tomorrow, Friday 29th March with three days of racing in the spectacular BVI archipelago based at Nanny Cay Marina & Resort in Tortola. While weather forecasts are predicting a light easterly breeze of 11 knots on Friday, stronger winds will pick up for...
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Posted on 18 Mar 2013
Lay Day at Antigua Sailing Week will take place on Pigeon Beach on 1st May 2013. There will be fun for the whole family ashore with beach games, barbeques and music, but this year there will also be a spectacular new one-design racing competition on the water. Antigua Sailing Week Bronze sponsor, Nonsuch Bay Resort is providing its fleet...
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Posted on 04 Mar 2013
The final day of the 33rd annual St. Maarten Heineken Regatta closed in outstanding fashion last evening at the traditional Prize-Giving ceremony-followed by an evening of world-class musical entertainment, headlined by the Grammy winning Motown legends, The Commodores-on Kim Sha Beach. The evening’s top prize-the St. Maarten Cup-for the regatta’s Most Worthy Performance Overall went to Mark Plaxton’s Melges 32, Team...
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Posted on 03 Mar 2013
The 33rd running of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta concluded in fitting style, with staunch and steady south-southeast trade winds of 15-20 knots, seas flecked with white caps, and superb Caribbean sailing. It was one of those yachting days made for superlatives, and official scorer and “regatta guru” Paul Miller unleashed a torrent of them. “The sparkling turquoise waters...
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Posted on 02 Mar 2013
In breeze that built steadily as the day progressed, and with many classes recording a pair of races in ideal Caribbean sailing conditions, the action continued today with the traditional Saturday point-to-point contest to Marigot in the 33rd edition of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. Following the morning’s racing, for the first time ever, the race committee conducted an...
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Posted on 01 Mar 2013
On a beautiful if challenging day for yacht racing, with gentle easterly breezes that never topped 12-knots, an incredibly diverse fleet of 202 registered yachts-including an impressive collection of nearly three dozen privately owned multihulls, one of the largest gatherings of catamarans and trimarans ever assembled for a Caribbean regatta-set sail this morning to begin the 33rd edition of...
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