“Practice makes perfect” is a saying that the BVI’s Rayne Duff put into action to win the highly-competitive Optimist class at the Pan Pepin International Dinghy Regatta, hosted February 4th to 7th out of Puerto Rico’s Club Nautico de San Juan (CNSJ). The Optimist was by far the largest class with 49 boats. Twenty-one…
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 St Maarten and SR 21s in Trinidad. More recently, there’s been a swell of visiting…
“I’ve been around the water all my life – surfing, windsurfing and sailing,” says Torres, who was born and raised in San Juan. “Sailing especially is a sport that I find few ever get out of once they’ve started.”