Ant 2 ,Rocco. Falcone Ant3 Louis Bavay. Ant22 River Andrews leading the fleet of 42opti!!!!! Photo Credit: Paola Vittoria
Antigua sent a team of young sailors to the 25th Semaine Nautique Internationale de Schoelcher in Martinique from 13th to 17th February, 2015. The team comprised of two classes – three Optimist sailors and three Laser Radial sailors. The racing took place over four days starting on 14th Feb with three races every day featuring sailors from Great Britain, France, Holland, St Lucia, Canada, Cuba, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Antiguan team had respectable results in both classes and showed everyone that they have what it takes and they came to win.
The Optimist sailors, Rocco Falcone 14 years old (Island Academy School), Louis Bavay 14 years old (St. Anthony’s Secondary) and River Andrews 13 years old (Island Academy School) did very well. Rocco and Louis were very consistent and came overall 4th and 5th respectively. River Andrews came 24th out of 41 boats.
Louis & Rocco neck and neck. Photo Credit: Paola Vittoria
The Laser Radial sailors, Jules Mitchell 16 years old (St. Joseph’s Academy), Rhone Kirby 16 years old (A. E. Goodwin Faith and Hope School) and Vincent Anfi 15 years old (Island Academy) all did very well in their class. Jules snagged the 3rd place trophy having had a 1st on the third day and two 1sts on the last day of racing and consistently coming in the first 8 places. Rhone Kirby came 9th and Vincent Anfi 11th out of 24 boats.
The coach for the Laser team is Karl James but he was unable to attend with the team.
The coach for the Optimist team is Magnus Brun. Magnus attended with the Optimist team and acted as coach for the Laser team when debriefing, etc. and also acted as a chaperone.
Rocco leading the race. Photo Credit: Paola Vittoria
The link for the regatta and full results is: http://www.cnschoelcher.net/regates/24eme-semaine-nautique/114-25eme-snis-en-2015.
