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Seaboard Marine Optimist North American Championships
ByCarol Bareuther September 16, 2016January 25, 2025

Nearly 150 junior sailors from 19 countries set sail in the Seaboard Marine Optimist North American Championships (OPTINAMS), hosted July 10 to 18 out of the Antigua Yacht Club in English Harbour, Antigua. Uruguay’s Hernon Umpierre won this continental championship. However, the event gave sailors from six Caribbean nations both a time to shine and…

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Crucian Native Tim Pitts Introduces VX One Class to Caribbean
ByCarol Bareuther May 19, 2016August 29, 2017

From dinghies to one-design, native St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands’ sailor Tim Pitts has spent most of his young life sailing. Today, though Pitts now lives in New England, albeit in the sailing capital of Newport, he not only remains active in sailing but is igniting excitement for a new one design class. Thanks to…

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