Sailing is social distancing at its best. No three people know this better than St. Thomas’ Chris Rosenberg and his 15-year-old son Christian, who won the IC24 Class, and St. Thomas’ Marcus Compton, who topped the Hobie Wave Class, in ...
Chartering a yacht to compete in a Caribbean regatta is nothing new. There is a growing trend for the charter of highly competitive racing boats. ...
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Register now and get ready to STIR-up the fun! The St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR), set for March 22-24, 2019, is the place to be for world-class racing and the chance to trade tacks and ...
Hearty competition and whole-hearted cooperation proved the big news at this year’s BVI Dinghy Championships. The regatta, which took place May 17th to 18th out of Tortola’s Nanny Cay Marina, was the last of three events to decide the overall ...
The camaraderie that spanned decades for some and days for others proved that in spite of a new name, the St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR) has remained the ‘Crown Jewel’ of Caribbean yacht racing. Nowhere was this more apparent than ...
The BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival started with light winds, but by the end of the weeklong event sailors found themselves talking about the wet and wild conditions that they faced while competing. The regatta had 82 boats racing ...
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Courses changed but the winds remained the blustery-same as the 69-boat fleet set sail on the second day of racing at the St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR). Shorter round-the-buoy and round-the-island races off the island’s ...
One-design classes appear to be on the increase at Caribbean regattas. Just look at the growing entries of J24s, IC24s and Melges 24s in the last decade, plus the availably of one-design fleets for charter like the Jeanneau 20s in ...
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Gusts blowing 20-plus-knots and rolling seas created challenging yet exhilarating conditions for nearly 100 sailors from five islands that competed in the 13th Club Nautico de San Juan International Regatta (CNSJIR), held January 31-February 2, out ...
Forty yachts, everything from a Melges 32 to one-design Hunter 216 and IC-24 classes plus Hobie cats and native-built chalanas, competed in the Discover the Caribbean. This longest running regatta in Puerto Rico, hosted by the Ponce Yacht & Fishing ...
He has never sailed in the U.S. Virgin Islands, nor in an IC-24 or with this combination of crew. Yet, Chicago’s Don Wilson proved his match racing prowess by winning the 6th Annual Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR). Wilson defeated ...
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Register now! The 13th Club Nautico de San Juan International Regatta (CNSJIR) will take place January 31 to February 2, 2014. Sailors who register by November 30, 2013 will save US $40 on registration fees. This ...
The Puerto Rico Heineken International Regatta and Puerto Rico International Dinghy Regatta came back strong after a one year hiatus when a total of 55 boats set sail May 24 to 26 out of Palmas del Mar Yacht Club, in ...
The seas off Nanny Cay Marina were awash with sails the first weekend in May as the British Virgin Islands welcomed its biggest small boat regatta of the year, the BVI Dinghy Championships. Nearly 60 IC-24s, Lasers and Optimists collectively ...
Tortola – West End Yacht Club The West End Yacht Club in Tortola, BVI, has finalized its calendar for 2013 with dates that avoid conflicts with the major International regattas around the circuit. Four of the WEYC six traditional regattas also ...
San Juan, Puerto Rico. The 12th Club Nautico de San Juan’s International Regatta (CNSJIR), set for February 1 to 3, 2013, offers a unique combination of hot competition for skilled sailors and a cool chance for beginners to get excellent ...
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 ...
The best female match racers in the United States came down to the Virgin Islands to race and were treated to every imaginable weather condition that the Caribbean had to offer. ...
Modest and soft-spoken, St. Thomas boat builder Morgan Avery is one of those folks whose actions speak louder than words. In a 20-year career that began while he was in high school, Avery has rebuilt, built anew and innovated a ...
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 ...