Working closely with regatta managers and organizers, the Caribbean Sailing Association now keeps a five year calendar of international events, keeping it up to date on their website on a rolling basis to iron out any potential calendar clashes. Professional sailor …
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St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The USVI’s Taylor Canfield’s undefeated streak came to an end today in the third and final day of racing in the 7th Carlos Aguilar Match Race. It proved a combination of conditions and competition. Sun, …
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St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The USVI’s Taylor Canfield remains undefeated after the second day of racing in the 7th Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR), presented by AeroMD. Canfield, currently No. 2 in the world in the Open match race …
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St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The Christmas winds provided perfect conditions for the first day of racing at the 7th Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR), presented by AeroMD. Sailing in 15 to 20 knots of breeze, under sunny skies and …
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St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands is known for its world-class sailing and sailors. Both of these qualities will be on front row center display when nine Open teams representing some of the best men and women …
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St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Nine Open teams representing some of the best men and women match racers in the Caribbean, U.S. and World, are confirmed to compete in the 7th Annual Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR), set for December …
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A sleek fleet of some 80 yachts is expected to compete in the St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR), presented by TAG Heuer. Set for March 27 to 29 and hosted out of the St. Thomas Yacht Club, entries include a …
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The 2014 St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, the Caribbean’s largest annual yacht-racing affair, was this year also one of the most competitive editions in the event’s long, 34-year history. In roughly half of the fleet’s 20 separate classes, nothing was decided …
Read More »Yesterday (Wednesday) at Antigua Sailing Week was Lay Day – the last of which I attended in 1995 and saw the “biscuit eating/ wet T Shirt/ drink all you can” contests version… fast forward to 2014 and the Nonsuch Bay …
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Wow.. even more wind! At least we had sunshine today… 20 plus knots all day and sunny so we could see where we were headed… That big cold front that is moving through still has some kick to it… Two …
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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 …
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St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. A desire to grow up and achieve great things on the world stage and actually doing it isn’t an impossible dream. This was the story told by three members of America’s Cup winning Oracle Team …
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Taylor Canfield has been awarded the coveted title of ‘Virgin Islands Sailor of the Year’ for 2013 by the Virgin Islands Sailing Association (VISA). “Due to the recent success of several Virgin Islands’ sailors, the Virgin Islands Sailing Association felt …
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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 …
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Sailors, local sailing enthusiasts, school children and even the territory’s Governor came out to watch the second day of racing in the 6th Annual Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR). The USVI’s Peter Holmberg and USA’s Dave Perry finished the day …
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No team remained undefeated at the end of the first day of racing in the 6th Annual Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR). In fact, nearly half the fleet or four teams – Finland’s Antti Luhta, the USA’s Stephanie Roble, the …
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Charlotte Amalie’s harbor is one of the most picturesque ports in the Caribbean. For sailors, this beauty comes with a beast. That is, extremely shifty winds blowing off the surrounding mountains, and knowing how to call the shifts correctly, can …
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Ten Open teams representing some of the best match racers in the Caribbean, U.S. and World, both men and women, will put their skills to the test in the 6th Annual Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR), November 21-24, 2013. “Expect …
Read More »He grew up like many young sailors in the Caribbean: that is, racing dinghies with friends, making adventures out of sailing every day, and in so doing perfecting his competitive skills. Today, 23-year-old Taylor Canfield is one of the best …
Read More »Mother Nature played a decisive role in the 11th Pete Sheals Memorial Match Race, hosted by the Royal BVI Yacht Club on December 1st – 2nd. Eight teams from six nations waited in vain for the winds to fill in …
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