Robert and I caught the sailing bug while watching sailboats from the shore of Cinnamon Bay Campground in the USVI over 30 years ago. Robert grew up in Ft. Lauderdale motor boating but it took ten years after Cinnamon Bay to finally start our sailing dream. We stumbled upon Castle Harbor Sailing School in Matheson…
North Sails is opening a new loft in St. Lucia. Under the management of Valentine Vitalis, and situated on the canal entrance to Rodney Bay Marina, the new loft opens at the same time as North Sails prepare to extend the 3Di product into the smaller boat cruising range. North Sails have lofts in Martinique,…
The Headsail is most probably the principal driving force of your boat from reaching to going hard onto the wind. To maximise the drive, you have three principal parameters to master
Gusts blustering to 30 knots and blinding rainsqualls didn’t diminish the razor sharp competition at the 2nd annual North Sails IC24 Invitational Regatta, held November 13 and 14, out of the St. Thomas Yacht Club. At the conclusion of what was two sets of round robin eliminations, BVI Olympic sailor, Robbie Hirst, narrowly edged out…
Puerto Rico’s Efrain “Fraito” Lugo and his all-star crew will be back to defend their champion title at the 2nd Annual North Sails IC24 Regatta set for November 13-14, out of the St. Thomas Yacht Club. Joining Lugo in the race for the top of the leader board will be other hot Caribbean sailors such as Frits Bus of…