Team USA Worlds Wins 2019 TOTE Maritime Team Race, IOR Kick’s Off Friday
Dialing in the right combination of scores proved the secret to success for Team USA Worlds, who won the TOTE Maritime Team Racing Championships
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Leads Lengthened, Leads Overtaken – Day 2 – St. Thomas International Regatta
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Some of the 50-plus boats racing on the second day of the 46th St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR), stretched their class leads. Others overtook fellow class competitors to jump into the lead. Either way, blue skies, warm seas and winds blowing steadily at 12 to 15 knots over the round-the-island…
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Champagne Sailing Conditions on Day 1 – 46th St. Thomas International Regatta
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Caribbean perfect sailing conditions spelled a great day of racing for the 50-plus boats competing in the first day of the 46th St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR), which takes place through Sunday. Warm trade winds blew an average of 12 to 15 knots with occasional gusts to 20 knots, seas…
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Blitz, Spirit of Juno Win Classes in Round the Rocks Race – 2019 St. Thomas International Regatta Kicks off Friday
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Ten boats had a great chance to warm up and shake down during today’s Round The Rocks race, a one-day circumnavigation of the neighboring 19 square mile island of St. John. This fourth annual event has proven especially popular as a preface to the traditional three-day St. Thomas International Regatta…
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Charter a Yacht to Compete in the Caribbean Regattas!
Chartering a yacht to compete in a Caribbean regatta is nothing new. There is a growing trend for the charter of highly competitive racing boats.
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Register Now – Intl Optimist Regatta Clinic & Team Race – June 10-16 2019
The St. Thomas Yacht Club and the Virgin Island Sailing Association are gearing up for the 2019 International Optimist Regatta, Clinic and Team Race
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U.S. Virgin Islander Co-Founds First All-American America’s Cup Challenge
29-year-old Taylor Canfield is ready for his biggest sailing challenge yet. On December 12, the Long Beach Yacht Club, in Long Beach, California, announced its entry, Stars & Stripes Team USA, was formally accepted as the fifth Challenger of the 36th America’s Cup
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Longtime Stalwart Sponsor, The Moorings, Onboard for 2019 St. Thomas International Regatta
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The familiar blue- and red-, wave-like, M-shaped logo of The Moorings will once again be a familiar sight to sailors racing in the 2019 St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR), set for March 22-24, 2019. Regatta organizers are pleased to announce that The Moorings, the Clearwater, Florida-headquartered world’s premier yacht charter…
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First VIPCA Marine Apprenticeship Class Graduates
Three of a seven-strong group of teen and twenty-year-old students stood in the shallow end of the St. Thomas Swimming Association Pool, near Red Hook, St. Thomas. Each were outfitted in full scuba gear, including tanks, masks and fins, the same as their fellow students earlier that morning. These young adults, members of the first…
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St. Thomas International Regatta: Time for Winners!
Great racing is what the St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR) is renowned for. This year, the 45th annual, held only seven months after two Category 5 hurricanes, certainly didn’t disappoint. In fact, there were close scores in all classes and tied scores among top competitors in three of five classes going into the third and…
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26th Opti Regatta, Team Race & Clinic This Week in St. Thomas, USVI
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. A near-record 110 8- to 15-year-old sailors from five countries will race 8-foot long single-sail Optimist dinghies in the TOTE Maritime Clinic, June 11 to 13, TOTE Maritime Team Race, June 14, and International Optimist Regatta (IOR), presented by Electronic Merchant System (EMS) Virgin Islands, June 15-17. This trio of…
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Saint Thomas Yacht Club wins in favorite yachting bar contest
The St. Thomas Yacht Club was named Wight Vodka’s favorite yachting bar in the Caribbean, the accolade comes as the club gears up for the 45th St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR) March 23-25. “It’s an honor to have received this recognition, especially as the club is still recovering after the effects of hurricanes Irma and…
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International Optimist Regatta, Clinic & Team Race – June 11-17, 2018
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mark your calendar now! The Caribbean’s largest and longest international regatta held exclusively for Optimist dinghy sailors and their families will take place in 2018 despite two Category 5 hurricanes in September. In fact, junior sailing resumed off the beautiful beach at the host St. Thomas Yacht Club within a…
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Callahan Wins International Optimist Regatta
Mitchell Callahan was in a sweet spot heading into the third and final day of racing at the 25th International Optimist Regatta (IOR), presented by Electronic Merchant Systems (EMS) Virgin Islands and hosted by the St. Thomas Yacht Club, June 16th to 18th. The 14-year-old sailor from Cape Coral, Florida, was sitting pretty five points…
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Sailors Ready to Race at St. Thomas International Regatta
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Nearly 60 sleek sailing yachts from the Caribbean, U.S., Canada and Europe will race in the 44th St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR). Set for March 24 to 26, this three-day regatta known as the ‘Crown Jewel of Caribbean Yacht Racing’ will be prefaced by the 2nd Round the Rocks Race…
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All Star Sailors Compete in Inaugural Commodore’s Challenge Regatta – Bailey, Ladd, Tayler and Tayler Named Winners
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Older students mentoring younger ones is an ages old practice. However, the Inaugural Commodore’s Challenge Regatta, held December 24 out of the St. Thomas Yacht Club, was one-of-a-kind. Not only did the high-schoolers on the Antilles School Sailing Team get a chance to compete against the school’s alumni, but these…
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Team Spectra CRYC Wins Team Race, IOR Start Today in St. Thomas
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Minimizing mistakes, racing proactively and sticking to the game plan were the skills junior sailors on Team Spectra CRYC used to win today’s TOTE Maritime Team Racing Championships. The Championships are one of a trio of events sailed out of the St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC), which will play host…
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International Optimist Regatta, presented by EMS Virgin Islands, and TOTE Maritime Clinic & Team Race Set for June 13-19
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Exceptional coaching, competition and camaraderie are the qualities that make the International Optimist Regatta (IOR), presented by EMS (Electronic Merchant Systems) Virgin Islands, and the TOTE Maritime Clinic and Team Race a ‘must-do’ event for Optimist sailors and their families. This trio of events, which attracts 8- to 15-year-old junior…
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Time for Winners at the 43rd St. Thomas International Regatta
Wind was the word at the 43rd St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR). Lots of it, in fact. Gusts blustered over 30 knots all three days with 6 to 8 foot seas. Combine these conditions with courses that offered a mix of round-the-buoy and round-the-island racing and it was a recipe that many racers on the…
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Thrills & Spills on First Day of Racing in 43rd St. Thomas International Regatta
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The signature race to Charlotte Amalie harbor on today’s first day of the St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR) turned into a sprint for some and a splash for others with winds gusting to nearly 30 knots. Most of the 67 boat fleet, divided into eight classes ranging from 16-foot beach…
