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St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
Sint Maarten Heineken Regatta: Conditions Put Racers to the Test
An island that has experienced some serious winds conjured up light airs for most of the 38th Sint Maarten Heineken Regatta but this didn’t stop the enjoyment or prevent days of thrilling racing. The four day event kicked off with …
Read More »Princess Port de Plaisance hosting sponsor for 38th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
The 38th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta was destined to be a special edition from the moment hurricane Irma hit the island on September 6th. And now, with the generous support of Princess Port de Plaisance Resort and Casino and the Yacht …
Read More »Caribbean Regatta Preview: January to March
Resilience is a great way to describe why this list of winter/spring Caribbean regattas is as big as it is! Organizers and volunteers, especially those in the hurricane hit northern Caribbean, are bouncing back and ready to welcome visiting sailors. …
Read More »St. Maarten Yacht Club Heineken Regatta
Support for the St Maarten Heineken Regatta’s 38th edition has been overwhelming – their Facebook posting announcing that the 2018 edition would go ahead attracted over 1,900 likes, 700 shares and countless messages of support within days. “It is with …
Read More »St. Maarten Heineken Regatta: Hot Racing, Cold Beer
The 36th edition of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta was a record affair. Eighty four yachts competed in the Gill Commodores Cup, the largest entry in its history and 193 boats participated in the three day Heineken Regatta. This year organisers …
Read More »Caribbean News: Team Island Water World Acquire Second Melges 24
Team Island Water World acquire second Melges 24 St. Maarten – Team Island Water World are now campaigning a second Melges 24. Although not new, their latest boat is hull number 605, whereas the old boat was number 24. Team captain …
Read More »Caribbean News: Large Turnout for St. Maarten Regatta 4th Annual Beach Clean-Up
Large turnout for St. Maarten Regatta 4th Annual Beach Clean-Up The St. Maarten Heineken Regatta 4th Annual Beach Clean-up took place in January. Students and local organizations worked together collecting garbage from Kim Sha Beach. Over 55 volunteers participated and collected …
Read More »We Built a Race Boat!
Students at Milton Peters College (MPC) in Sint Maarten have built a boat which they will race in the Heineken Regatta. The boat, a Didi 26 designed by Dudley Dix, was constructed in the school’s carpentry department by an enthusiastic …
Read More »PR Heineken Regatta Looking to the Future
This year’s Puerto Rico Heineken International Regatta could be considered one of the most-friendly regattas or one of the most unforgiving. It all depends on whether you were on the land or at sea. The regatta was held on May …
Read More »St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
Strong winds, sunshine, 2000 lusty sailors and the largest racing fleet in the Caribbean, gave the organizers of the 35th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta the opportunity to lay on a tremendous spectacle – and they didn’t fail. In CSA1, Doug …
Read More »Sint Maarten Heineken Regatta: Changing Times
Charles Darwin would have made a great regatta director. Old Charlie knew a thing or two about evolution; he even did a bit of sailing. When you compare the 2014/15 sailing calendar of events with those of a few years …
Read More »Caribbean Regatta Preview: January – March, 2015
There is nowhere else in the world where sailors can enjoy so much racing, in so many formats and in such varied venues as in the Caribbean during the late winter and early spring. There are events for everything from …
Read More »2014 Heineken Regatta
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 …
Read More »No Boat, No Problem: Regatta Charters Let You Enter the Race
You don’t need to BYOB (bring your own boat) or hope for an invite to crew in order to get a front row seat racing in the Caribbean’s biggest and most exciting regattas. There are several great opportunities to charter. …
Read More »In Focus: Jose ‘Yoyo’ Berrios
Starting small and growing bigger. This is the secret to success that has led Club Nautico de San Juan’s (CNSJ) director of sailing and head coach Jose ‘Yoyo’ Berrios to put Puerto Rico on the map as a global sailing …
Read More »Caribbean Students Learn the Four R’s: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic & Regattas
Art competitions, beach clean-ups and behind-the-scene tours are a few of the ways Caribbean regatta organizers are reaching out and teaching island school children about the sport of competitive sailing. The benefit? A better understanding by the students of how …
Read More »Measured Multihull Rating System Comes to the Caribbean
Sint Maarten has been the centre for multihull racing in the Caribbean going back many years. It began with the big Spronk catamarans that ran day trips to St. Barths and Anguilla racing each other to get to the prime …
Read More »A Reply to Sir Robbie Ferron (Will they Publish It????)
In the November issue (Professionalization of Sailing Events in the Caribbean) of All At Sea Robbie Ferron states that a number of new regattas taking place in the Caribbean are well sponsored events where professionalism and profit is now more …
Read More »Saving the Blue Means Going Green
Green is the new blue when it comes to marine conservation in the Caribbean. Marina operators, regatta officials and charter yacht organizations are all doing their part to preserve and protect the region’s seas and its surroundings. Why? Firstly, visitor …
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