Benoit Meesmaecker may well have earned copyright on the Heineken Light Caribbean Open Laser Championships after winning it so many times. If not, he has certainly made it his own, and his presence every year comes with that air of authority top sailors seem to have. He just happens to be in a higher league,…
Ari Barshi of the Dominican Republic overcame a spirited challenge from 17-year-old Kevin van Otterdijk from Curacao to win the 24th Heineken Light Open Laser Championships overall in Orient Bay, St. Martin, on June 8-9. Racing in the five-boat Standard Class, Barshi, a European Masters Champion, proved that age and experience can still prevail over…
Chic St. Barths may be better known for attracting the rich and the beautiful but the tiny speck of an island has a capacity to produce gifted sailors too.