Barbados Sailing Week Name change for leading Caribbean regatta
The Caribbean race season’s opening regatta is now to be known as Barbados Sailing Week, which replaces its former title – the Mount Gay Round Barbados Series writes Sue Pelling. Organised by Barbados Cruising Club in association with Barbados Tourism Marketing
Nifty fifties in the RORC Caribbean 600
The 2018 RORC Caribbean 600 will start on Monday 19th February and teams from all over the world will be competing, lured by the thrilling conditions to race 600 miles around 11 Caribbean islands. Two months prior to the start,
Two Ambassadors Who Support St Barth And The Ninth Edition
For an exceptional event, two exceptional ambassadors! It is clear that both of these people truly love St Barth, and the organizers are honored that they will represent Les Voiles de Saint-Barth this year… French television personality, Alessandra Sublet, a regular
RORC Transatlantic Race to Teasing Machine
Eric de Turckheim's French Nivelt-Muratet 54 Teasing Machine was today declared the overall winner of the 2017 RORC Transatlantic Race. Whilst a number of the record 23 yacht fleet are still racing, none of them can better Teasing Machine's corrected
Lettsome Leads the Region at Youth Worlds in China
Thad Lettsome representing the BVI at the 47th Youth Sailing World Championships in Sanya, China has finished in 33rd position in the Laser Radial Class. The Laser Radial is the largest class at the event and Lettsome faced stiff competition
Monday rush hour in the RORC Transatlantic Race
On the 17th day of the RORC Transatlantic Race five teams completed the 3,000 nautical mile race within a 10 hour period and 11 yachts are still at sea. Monday's finishers included four young German teams and Gerald Bibot's Belgian
Monster Project proud to be in Grenada
Roman Guerra's Volvo 70 Monster Project finished the 2017 RORC Transatlantic Race on Sunday 10 December 2017 in an elapsed time of 14 days 21 hrs 39 mins 46 secs. Sixteen yachts are still racing across the Atlantic Ocean and
Battles in the RORC Transatlantic Race
21 yachts are still racing in the RORC Transatlantic Race. At 0800 UTC on the 13th day, Jochen Bovenkamps's Marten 72 Aragon was 273 miles from the finish and estimated to arrive at Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina around
CSA Reaffirms Focus on Sailing Development
The 2017 Caribbean Sailing Association’s Annual General Meeting was held last week in Antigua where several members present were joined electronically by 21 other members from across the Caribbean to discuss the business of Caribbean sailing and elect officials for
Xmas Incentive – Early entries for ASW 2018
In the spirit of giving, our Xmas gift to early entrants for 2018 Antigua Sailing Week is a copy of our informative book - Antigua Sailing Week: The First 50 Years. This hardcover book gives a complete history of Antigua Sailing