The organizers of the February 2023 Caribbean Multihull Challenge Race and Rally announce that the winner of the 2023 Caribbean Multihull Challenge TRIFECTA will receive a beautiful and durable Aquis Diving Watch worth $2,000.00 provided by Gold Sponsor ORIS Watches of Holstein, Switzerland.
The Sint Maarten Yacht club organized the first Keelboat racing of the ‘22-23 season now that the hurricane season is almost finished.
St. Maarten Yacht Club’s (SMYC) Sailing School in January recognized the success of four months of free sailing classes offered to 24 students from two local primary schools
Spectacular sailing conditions and a leisurely lunch were the key ingredients while racing in 3 classes in Simpson Bay to Friar’s Bay race
The inaugural Caribbean Multihull Challenge, held in St. Maarten, attracted a diverse fleet of catamarans and trimarans for a thrilling race series. With a successful first event, the CMC is set to become a staple in the sailing calendar, offering an ideal tune-up for the Caribbean 600.
There’s a saying, ‘hindsight is 20/20’. While it’s too soon to predict the severity of the 2018 hurricane season, which started June 1st, All At Sea did ask well-known Caribbean marine community members on the hardest hit islands last year to offer the wisdom of their hindsight and a perfect vision for hurricane preparation. REALLY…
A large gathering of members, supporters and sailors came together for the official Dock Opening & Fundraising Event at the Sint Maarten Yacht Club in late April. After months of rebuilding, the Club invited the community of St. Maarten to come and witness the progress that was made at the Club since hurricane Irma. The…
The annual Open Caribbean Laser Championship will take place in St. Martin’s Baie Orientale (Orient Bay), over the weekend of June 23 – 25. Backed by longtime sponsor Island Water World, organizers say they are expecting representatives from many Caribbean islands will take part and that Standard, Radial, Masters and Youth classes will have separate…
Island Global Yachting’s 5-Gold Anchor marina, Yacht Club at Isle de Sol, St. Maarten, has received the 2017 Superyacht Marina of the Year award. The company – which also received the prestigious accolade in 2016 for Yacht Haven Grande – was presented with the honor by The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA) during the annual London…
The second edition of the SIMSAF National Lagoon Championships was sailed in light conditions in October. Twelve teams competed in seven boats on a rotation schedule. Light shifty winds challenged the participants and led to some intriguing battles on the start line and while approaching and rounding the marks. The gate on the short course…
There might not be snow and sleigh rides, but the spirit of the yuletide holidays is alive throughout the Caribbean. Here is a sampling of nautical holiday happenings. LIGHTED BOAT PARADES Deck your decks with lights, ornaments and festively-dressed crew. The Christmas Boat Parade happens on December 10 in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands’ Christiansted…
Benoit Meesmaecker may well have earned copyright on the Heineken Light Caribbean Open Laser Championships after winning it so many times. If not, he has certainly made it his own, and his presence every year comes with that air of authority top sailors seem to have. He just happens to be in a higher league,…
Offshore Racing Congress presentation at St. Maarten Yacht Club Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) Chairman of the Rating Officers Committee, Zoran Grubisa, and Chairman of Promotion and Development Committee, Dobbs Davis, visited St. Martin in May to hold a training workshop for Caribbean measurers and to qualify the National Authority for Curaçao and Sint Maarten (AHO) as a…
The 36th edition of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta was a record affair. Eighty four yachts competed in the Gill Commodores Cup, the largest entry in its history and 193 boats participated in the three day Heineken Regatta. This year organisers set four different courses, providing ideal racing for Maxis, multihulls, spinnaker classes, bareboats and beach…
An utterly dominating performance by St. Barths’ Benoit Meesmaecker at the 25th Heineken Light Caribbean Open Laser Championships in St. Martin on June 14-15 handed the French sailor his second Laser Champion title here since 2012. Benoit won the six-boat Standard Class, snatching the bullet in all eight races after a discarded OCS in race…
Island Water World to co-sponsor Open Caribbean Laser Championships The Open Caribbean Heineken Light Laser Championships (June 13-15), has a new format and co-sponsor. With Island Water World back on board after a break of many years, organizer Frits Bus says the championships, one of the oldest and largest one-design regattas in the Caribbean, will offer…
In the Caribbean, Santa is more likely to cruise down the chimney in a dinghy than arrive on a sleigh. The region definitely doesn’t lack for festivities and a true seasonal spirit during the December holidays. Here’s a sampling of nautical celebrations throughout the islands. LIGHTED BOAT PARADES Deck your bows and enter your vessel…
With months of preparation and many postponed departures the young St. Maarteners who are attempting to sail around the world have set sail. In February 2013 Kippy Gilders, Alex Nebe, Maria Merckens, Laura Bijnsdorp and I came up with the idea to take the 52ft Beneteau, Corina IV, around the world and visit over sixty…
Maritime Experience Day on The Eye of the Wind Several youngsters from St Maarten-St.Martin had the opportunity to go on board The Eye of the Wind in January to experience a day on a Tall Ship and take an active part in the sailing. Students from the SBO Maritime program, the Maritime School of the…
Not many Caribbean junior sailors can say that the competitive spirit behind their successful sailing career was born on snow-covered mountains. Yet this was the case for 16-year-old Rhône Findlay. Rhône’s Olympic racer and ski instructor father, Ruargh, taught him how to ski as a toddler and by the age of five he could ski…