Vive Les Voiles 2024
The announcement of the cancellation of Les Voiles de St Barth’s (due to a loss of key sponsorship), was met with dismay by many racers on the Caribbean circuit. So an idea was born amongst a few disappointed but resourceful skippers:
Vive Les Voiles!
With pursuit starts to race some of the classic courses of Les Voiles, casual beach picnics in the afternoon and a lay day cruise to Ile Forchue, this free racing rally offers a great mix of racing and relaxing in beautiful St Barth’s. Designed as a ‘bookmark’ in the calendar, the organizers hope it will help keep the spirit of Les Voiles alive until the real regatta returns in 2025.
April 15 Meet the Fleet in Gustavia
April 16-18 Pursuit starts, single race per day April 19 Lay day / optional cruise to Ile Forchue April 20 Final race day, Gustavia to English Harbour
Les Voiles has always been about the maxis, the glamour end of the racing fleet spectrum. However, the passion that exists for this special event within the performance 40 end of the fleet is remarkable. Vive Les Voiles highlights this passion and the energy within the sailing community to carry on despite a (hopefully temporary) lack of outside support.
