The future viability and vitality of any sport lies with its youth. In 2013, the Caribbean Sailing Association (CSA) made youth sailing development one of its top priorities. “We all know unless we have new youths coming into the sport, we can’t grow it or even sustain it,” says CSA vice president, Alison Sly-Adams. “This…
The 2014 St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, the Caribbean’s largest annual yacht-racing affair, was this year also one of the most competitive editions in the event’s long, 34-year history. In roughly half of the fleet’s 20 separate classes, nothing was decided until the last race on the regatta’s final day, which was conducted in uncharacteristically light,…
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Register now! The 12th Club Nautico de San Juan International Regatta (CNSJIR) will take place February 1 to 3, 2013. Sailors who register by August 31, 2012 will receive a 50 percent discount off Early Bird registration fees. This means paying only $45 for single-handed sailors and $60 for double-handed sailors…
A group of trend-setting Puerto Rican sailors has long kicked around the idea to host an international regatta out of the offshore island of Culebra. The time ripened early this year when the directors of Club Nautico de Puerto Rico announced an affiliation with the Yacht Clubs of South East Florida and switch to the…