Interest in match racing is rising in Puerto Rico. Hot on the heels of the USVI’s Peter Holmberg leading a match racing clinic for competitors in July 2011, and Puerto Rican sailors such as Jorge Santiago testing the waters by competing in the Carlos Aguilar Match Race last December, the USVI’s Bill Canfield taught a…
Changes benefit Grenada Sailing Week The newly formed Grenada Sailing Week (GSW) has a new logo, created by Dwayne Grainger, to go with their new website. The regatta has also embraced social media and news and views about the event can be found on their Facebook page – Grenada Sailing Week. In a press release, Grenada Sailing…
Lyman-Morse Opens Service Yard in Panama Yachts visiting the western Caribbean can now enjoy the services offered by Lyman-Morse. The new facility, located in Shelter Bay, Panama, is strategically located near the Caribbean entrance of the Panama Canal and will provide yachtsmen and women a familiar and recognized source for pre-canal transit prep and logistics,…
Welcome to the Carlos Aguilar Match Race 2012 The 5th Annual Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR), presented by Ulysse Nardin / Trident Jewels & Time, will set sail in the scenic Charlotte Amalie harbor on December 5 to 9, 2012. Twelve Open teams representing some of the best match racers in the world, both men…
Seaplanes, ferries, day sail boats and even a replica of the HMS Bounty filmed in the 1962 version of ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’, didn’t daunt the 13 teams competing in the 4th Carlos Aguilar Match Race
Ask anyone who participated in the Second Annual Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR) the first week of December if they had fun, and you will get a unanimous “yes.”
The Carlos Aguilar Match Race in December was the second match race regatta I had ever done.