REGATTA NEWS Flotilla Sends World ARC Off from St Lucia The World ARC departed St. Lucia on January éth, a fleet of 31 cruising yachts embarking on a 15-month circumnavigation in company. A “World ARC Flotilla” of local boats, organized by the St. Lucia Yacht Club, saw them off. A flotilla of local yachts sails a ‘good-bye’ as the Wortd ARC 2010 fleet departs Rodney Bay, St. Lucia. Sephina later won the flotilla’s Best Dressed Sailboat prize Duncan Gray reports: It started with a chance con- versation in Rodney Bay Marina. I'd recently arrived aboard my 35-foot ketch with the ARC and was chat- ting to the skipper of one of the boats going on to the World ARC. “Our partners are trying to get out on a boat to wave us off from the start,” he said. “| was thinking of taking Sephina out. Would they like to be my crew?” | replied. I'd joined the St. Lucia Yacht Club and my planned trip out to the bay soon turned into joining the World ARC Flotilla. January 6th dawned bright and sunny — unlike my crew of ladies who cried off at the last min- ute having had a heavy night of partying! Fortunately, | quickly managed to find a crewmate from another ARC yacht and joined the rest of the flotilla, which included an RIB from the marina, a number of power- boats, SLYC-members’ sailboats Hot Chocolate and Grayling, and Guiding Light, a Maurice Griffiths design from 1936 sailed single-handed across the Atlantic by a Liverpudlian named Roy. After our flotilla waved good-bye to the departing World ARC fleet, the local boaters retumed to Café Olé in the marina, its new Boardwalk Bar proving to be areal success. In the flotilla’s Best Dressed Boat com- petition, Hullabaloo took the powerboat prize and Sephina took the sailboat prize — a bottle of Bounty Rum went to each. For more information on the World ARC visit www. worldcruising.com /woridarc For more information on SLYC visit www.stluciayachtclub.com Small is Beautiful: St Maarten-St Martin Classic With just eight boats racing in four classes, everyone was a podium-place winner at the light-cir 2010 St. Maarten-St Martin Classic Yacht Regatta, held January 21st through 24th. The star of the sixth invitational event was Judd Tinius’s “Most Photogenic” 111-year-old, 70-foot sloop Galatea. The class winners after three races (two for the Old Stars) were: Vintage, Galatea (3 points); Classic, Old Bob (A); Spirit of Classic, Coscoroba (3); Old Stars, Boon (2). For more information visit www. classicregatta.com ONO” 3d STEINYG Safe and Social Superyacht Cup Antigua The Superyacht Cup Antigua, ' now in its fourth year, has new post-Christmas dates. For its first three years the event was held immediately following the Antigua Yacht Charter Show in December but being so early in the Caribbean season, several yachts weren't able to arrive from Europe or the US in time. The Caribbean version of the famous Palma event became popular with the big yachts; by moving to the end of January, it was hoped that the regatta fit in better with more yachts’ cruising plans. This year’s fleet, which raced January 27th through 30th, included Ranger, P2, Rebecca, Sojana and Visione. The largest sloop in the world at over 72 metres (236 feet) LOA, Mirabella V, sailed non-competitively. The Bucket Rating system, introduced in 2008 for the regatta, is also used by the St. Barths and Newport Bucket Regattas. Throughout the three days of racing, emphasis was on safe sailing and the superyacht racing protocol was put to the test without incident or protest. High priority on the agenda of this friendly regatta, the social program has been a huge hit; from Pirates of the Caribbean fancy dress, to the last night's all important “cook-off" between the yachts, the social competitions were just as fiercely contested as the sailing. The event closed with a grand Prizegiving Buffet din- ner at the Copper & Lumber Hotel in Nelson’s Dockyard, celebrating Visione placing first overall (4 points), Sojana second (10) and Ranger third (10). For more information visit www.thesuperyachicup.com a St. Maarten Sailors Shine in Youth Championships Ruargh Findlay reports: At the Netherlands Antilles Youth Sailing Championships, held in Cura¢ao from January 29th through 31st, St. Maarten sailors shone. Rnéne Findlay, age 13, competed in the A Optimist Class, and lian Halbertsma, 9, and Nathan Smith, 7, sailed in the B Optimist Class. Young participants from the Caribbean and Holland participate in this annual event. The majority of the Opti sailors successfully battled the two- to three-metre waves and winds that blew a constant minimum of 20 knots and a maximum of 33 knots. Splash and Sunfish sailors competing on parallel courses capsized like mad whenever the wind exceeded the 30-knot mark. At the end of 11 tough Opti races, Rhéne qualified as one of the five to go to Uruguay in March, and one of the nine to go to Canada in June, to represent the Netherlands Antilles in the 2010 South and North American Optimist Championship events. Ta eet a Nathan Smith, Rhéne Findlay and Ilian Halbertsma made St. Maarten proud in the Youth Sailing Championships in Curacao While the A category Optimists were competing out at sea, the younger Opti sailors were having their own contest in the more protected inner sections of Spanish Water. Inside the lagoon the wind was still strong with enormous gusts. llian produced well- deserved first and second placings to finish the series with a second place overall. Nathan ended up in third place, only two points behind llian among the eight competitors in the B category. A fine perfor- mance by St. Maarten’s budding stars! For full results visit www.cyc2010.org Record Turnout for Grenada’s Port Louis Racing Series Arecord 44 yachts took part in the 16th annual Grenada Sailing Festival's Port Louis Racing Series, pre- sented by Port Louis Trading and Camper & Nicholsons Marinas, held January 29th to February 2nd. Yachts raced in six classes: Racing, Racing/Cruising, Cruising, Charter, J/24 and, for the first time in several years, Multihull. Grenada’s homegrown talent was challenged by racers from Trinidad, Barbados, Antigua, the UK, Ireland, the USA, France, Holland, New Zealand and South Africa. The Charter Class was sponsored by long-term supporters Boval, the Dutch Insurance Group, and 49 sailors from The Netherlands chartered seven boats to take part. 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