Winner in 2011 and 2015, Lloyd Thornberg once again took top honors in the Saint Barth New Year’s Eve Regatta, a parade of sailboats around the island on December 31 each year. Two hours before the staggered starts, strong rains battered the island, yet the sailors were not discouraged from setting sail. At 11am the…
Saint Barth kicked off the New Year’s Eve celebrations with the annual New Year’s Eve Regatta sailed under cloudy skies with occasional squalls and gusty winds. The wet weather did not deter WinWin, a 108ft carbon Baltic that was built in 2014 and celebrated by winning Saint Barth’s New Year’s Eve parade that same year….
It was no surprise to anyone keeping an eye on Phaedo3, Lloyd Thornburg’s high-tech, high-speed MOD70 lime green racing trimaran (Michel Desjoyeaux’s ex-Foncia), that this speed demon won the 2015 New Year’s Eve Regatta in Saint Barth, setting race and course records. The 21st annual New Year’s Eve Regatta—an informal parade around the island—took place…
A frisson of excitement rattled the dock in Gustavia on the morning of December 31 2102 – the weather was perfect, the big yachts were lined up at the dock, and tenders were scuttling back and forth taking crew and supplies out to the boats that would compete in the annual New Year’s Eve Regatta….