—Continued from previous page Racing Class (CSA - 9 Boats) 1) Storm, RP 44, Peter Peake, Trinidad (8) 2) Lost Horizon, J/122, James Dobbs, Great Britain (17) 3) Akarana, Swan 46, Graham Deegan, New Zealand (28) Cruising Class 1 (CSA - 9 Boats) 1) Tanga Langa 3, Beneteau First 47.7, Justin Evans, Grenada (17) 2) Wayward, Oceanis 43, Jerome Mc@uilkin, Trinidad (21) 3) Survivor, Jenneau Sun Magic 44, David Leighton, Trinidad (21) Cruising Class 2 (CSA - 6 Boats) 1) Pentanemos, Contessa 32, John McClean, Great Britain (8) 2) Apero, Albin Stratus 36, Jason Fletcher, Grenada (14) 3) Quay Three, Elan 37, George Haworth, Great Britain (24) The Hon. Glynnis Roberts (center) presenting the Grenada Marine Crew on Apero with their Second. Place Overall prize in Cruising Class 2 Multihull (CSA - 6 Boats) 1) Suave, Lagoon 470, Joe Walsh, USA (12) 2) Ti Kanot, Trinidad Sampson 40, Chris Doyle, UK (13) 3) Sasha, Outremer 45, Max Hyslop, UK (36) Boval Charter Class (CSA - 9 Boats) 1) Alemata 3, Moorings 443 44, Marinus Arts (17) 2) Ben’s inspiration, Moorings 443 44, Tijmen van Elst (25) 3) Life of Reilly, Moorings 443 44, Eddy Warger (27) 4/24 (One Design - 7 Boats) 1) Hawkeye, Robert Povey, Barbados (17) 2) Die Hard, Robbie Yearwood, Grenada (20) 3) Impulse, Neil Burke, Barbados (25) All Class winners received magnums of champagne, plus a Seiko sports watch from local jeweler West Indian Treasure Chest, and all placed skippers took away bottles of champagne presented by the Honourable Glynis Roberts, Grenada’s Minister of ourism. Racing Class winner Storm also took the Overall Festival Winner title, with five straight firsts, a second and another first across the Racing Series. Skipper Peter Peake was presented with a newly com- missioned steel yacht sculpture, two return tickets to he UK courtesy of British Airways, and plenty of cham- pagne for the crew. This year there was a record class of J/24s thanks to he commitment of sailors from Trinidad and Barbados. In recognition of this effort, skippers were presented with weekend breaks for two donated by rue Blue Bay Resort, Spice Island Beach Resort and La Source. The crew of the J/24 Blue Bayou, which cap- sized and sank while racing, was presented with a prize of a dinner at The Calabash. Marinus Arts, the winner of the Boval Charter Class won a charter with Horizon Yacht Charters. Spice sland Marine Services donated two haubouts, which were presented to Pentanamos, in recognition of gain- ing the lowest points score in the Cruising Class, and to Dieter Huppenkothen of Rasmus for his long-term attendance at the Festival. Apero won a voucher for an outboard engine, donated by Mcintyre Brothers. For the second year running, yachts taking part in the annual Festival docked at a ‘Home Port’ - Port Louis by Camper & Nicholsons Marinas. All racing started and finished at this base, so there were four days of high activity — both on the water and at dockside ‘Finish Line Limes’, Happy Hours and After- Race Parties at the marina. On Grenada’s Independence weekend, February éth and 7th, the action moved to Grand Anse Beach for the Digicel Work Boat Regatta, with racing starting on the Saturday morning. Some 35 open sailboats from the traditional local sailing communities of Carriacou, Gouyave, Grand Mal, Sauteurs, Petite Martinique and Woburn competed for prizes and the coveted title of Skipper of the Year. We'll have a report on the Digicel Work Boat Regatta in next month’s Compass. For complete results visit www. grenadasailingfestival.com St. Maarten Heineken Regatta and Pre-Events With all eight entries now confirmed, this year’s Budget Marine Match Racing Cup at the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta is set to establish itself as one of the key match racing events in the Caribbean. As well as Peter Isler, Gavin Brady, and Peter Holmberg — three of the world’s most respected match racing skippers — others who'll be racing at this ISAF-sanctioned Grade 5 event include Colin Rathbun, Eugeniy Nikiforov, Jakub Pawluk, Chris Nesbitt and Mare Fitzgerald. The racing, to be held on March 2nd during the run- up to St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, will be based on a round-robin format and sailed in Lagoon Sailboat Rental’s fleet of six Jeanneau SunFast 20s, without spinnakers. The one-day format, with just six boats for eight teams, means racing will be action-packed with crews swapping boats after every flight to ensure rac- ing is kept as fair as possible. With a silver medal from the 1988 Olympics, and a win for Alinghi at the 32nd America’s Cup in 2007 list- ed among his sailing achievements, it wasn’t surprising ‘© see Peter Holmberg clean up at last year’s inaugu- ral Budget Marine Match Racing Cup. He'll defend his itle this year. Holmberg says, “Match racing puts a premium on all aspects of racing, from crew work, to speed, to rules, so it’s a great way to get me and my team in racing shape just before the big regatta.” Joining Holmberg at the event this year is Peter sler, a two-time winner of the America’s Cup who has five America’s Cup campaigns under his belt. sler sees the Budget Marine match-racing event as a chance to get back on the helm. He commented: “It’s been so long since | steered any sort of regatta, my expectations are certainly tempered... but it will be a lot of fun... and that’s why we are coming!” He says when he saw publicity about the match race, he thought it would be a fun start to the Heineken Regatta. “Because it’s only one day, | can afford the ime — we start practice on Titan the day after the match race.” Colin Rathbun from the BVI is another Caribbean racing regular and although he is known more on the leet racing circuit sailing his IC24, he won the 2009 Pete Shiels Match Race, and notched up a fourth place overall at the 2009 Carlos Aguilar Match Racing Regatta in St. Thomas. “Our claim to fame at that event,” said Rathbun, “is to have beaten US match racing pro Dave Perry. We barely slid through in front of him, but it’s not every day an amateur sailor can say that.” Entries are also stacking up for another pre-Heineken event, the Gill Commodore’s Cup to be held March 4th. The line up in this simple, three race/one day format event which is sailed on windward/leeward courses, two miles offshore, looks set to produce some com- petitive racing with the likes of Bill Alcott’s Andrews 68 Equation among the biggest in the fleet. Like many teams taking part in the event, Team Equation is using the Gill Commodore’s Cup as a warm-up to the 30th annual St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. Thanks to yacht, dinghy, and keelboat technical clothing specialists Gill, competitors racing for the Gill Commoedore’s Cup will have a chance to win prod- ucts from the Gill line, and take a look at Gill’s brand- new Race Collection designed specifically for keel- boat racing in warm climates. Finally, the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta kicks off March 4th and will end on March 7th. The St. Maarten Heineken Regatta Steering Committee, Heineken, and International Liquors & Tobacco Trading are proud to announce that for the 30th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, they will be returning the Friday night party to the Boardwalk. On Friday following a day of sailing that ends in Great Bay, the evening’s festivities and musical entertainment will be held on the Great Bay Promenade. For more information on the Budget Marine Match Racing, the Gill Commodore’s Cup, and the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, visit www.heinekenregatia.com Grenada Round-The-lsland Race 2010 Cancelled Roger Spronk reports: The 2010 Race Committee regretfully announces that this year’s Grenada Round- the-Island Race, scheduled to take place from March 12th through 14th, has been cancelled. —Continued on next page Kr MARINE... 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