Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine January 2015

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Thanks go to all the sponsors, including Gold Sponsor United Insurance; Silver
Sponsors IGY Rodney Bay Marina, Blue Waters, Cats Ltd and Endless Summer Cruises;
Bronze Sponsors Island Water World, Harmony Suites, Body Holiday Le Sport and
Chairman’s Reserve as the Mango Bowl Rum of Choice. Other sponsors and partners
were Regis Electronics, Marintek, Johnson Hardware and Delirius, who operate
the SLYC Clubhouse.
Mango Bowl 2015 is slated to start on November 27th.
Visit www.stluciayachtclub.com for more information.
on for T&T’s racing posse to demonstrate they can handle strong and steady
breezes, despite coming from fluky Gulf of Paria conditions. After all, the sail up to
Grenada is only a day or night and surely Trinis can manage that when hardy
Bajans are undaunted by much longer distances to get to regattas — even in
their J/24s.
ON THE HORIZON…
Get Set for Grenada Sailing Week!
Ruth Lund reports: Get onto the start line at the Island Water World Grenada Sailing
Week, January 29th through February 3rd!
Upbeat, growing, increasingly competitive, loads of fun with a variety of entertainment
at two welcoming full-service host marinas — these are some of the comments
used to describe this regatta, for which 22 boats from nine countries are
already registered as this issue of Compass goes to press.
If you have not yet registered, now is the time! Registration between January 1st
and 29th is just US$130. Online registration is easy at www.grenadasailingweek.com:
click the registration page.
Bajan, Trini and Grenadian sailors have a long history of inter-island rivalry and this
sailing week provides the perfect opportunity to prove who’s best. The challenge is
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For this 2015 edition, two more classes have been added. The J/24s, with boats
already registered from Grenada, Trinidad, St. Lucia and Barbados will have their
own one-design class with their own courses.
GSW’s Richard Szyjan has been liaising with the Class 40 Association to encourage
some of the Class 40s that raced in the Route du Rhum to Guadeloupe and the
RORC Transatlantic to Grenada to take part. On the Friday their course will take
them around Grenada and on the Monday they will race to The Sisters off Carriacou
and come back to finish in Prickly Bay. They will join the GSW fleet racing on Saturday
and Tuesday. There will also be a shared trophy for Martinique’s Club Nautique le
Neptune and Grenada competitors who participate in both the Island Water World
Grenada Sailing Week 2015 and the Carnival/Round Martinique regatta, February
12th through 15th.
The Board is looking at offering a feeder race from Bequia to Carriacou and then
on to Grenada in time for registration day, Thursday January 29th — if interested
contact the organizers at info@grenadasailingweek.com.
In addition to the Racing Class, in 2015 the Racer/Cruiser Class (called Cruising in
the previous edition) will also have the option of flying spinnakers and being rated
accordingly. For the Classic Class, longer courses with short windward legs and long
off-wind legs will be raced — one per day.
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