Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine February 2015

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STIR It Up!
Carol Bareuther reports: Organizers of the St.
Thomas International Regatta (STIR) announce that
Cruzan Rum and Presidente beer, distributed by
Glazer’s Premier Distributors, LLC, will provide major
sponsorship in support for the 2015 regatta, March
27th through 29th.
Cruzan Rum is produced at its Estate Diamond distillery
on St. Croix. Skippers in the STIR will receive a commemorative
750ml bottle of Cruzan’s flagship Cruzan
DEAN BARNES
friendly can-do attitude towards its competitors. Over
80 entries, including more Grand Prix yachts and a fleet
of over 25 one-design IC24s, are expected in 2015.
Register online at wwwyachtscoring.com. For more
information about the regatta, visit www.stthomasinternationalregatta.com.
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Top Racers Eye Les Voiles de St. Barth
With the recent launching of Rambler 88, George
David is eyeing the next Les Voiles de St. Barth —
scheduled for its sixth edition April 13th through 18th —
as an early and critical step in getting his new yacht
racing. David has made a name for himself and his
previous Ramblers (a 90- and a 100-footer) in the yacht
racing world, winning high-profile regattas and breaking
one prominent distance race record after another:
Rolex Buenos Aires to Rio (2008), RORC Caribbean 600
(2011), Newport to Bermuda Race (2012) and Block
Island Race (2011 and again in 2013) included.
“We’re targeting the Transatlantic Race 2015 (for
which Rambler 100 holds the record), but the RORC
Caribbean 600 and Les Voiles de St. Barth are right up
there, too,” said David when asked what events on
Rambler 88’s schedule would be most important. “Les
Voiles de St. Barth is a great venue and event. It starts
with St. Barth and all that means, plus typically solid sailing
breezes that bend around the island and have
their gusts and lulls. This is a regatta where you need to
get in front and stay in front; it rewards those who can
sail where they want.”
David’s Rambler team has competed in all but one
and won three of the five Les Voiles de St. Barth regattas
held thus far. And although the event traditionally
does not include long-distance racing like the events
in which David hopes to post records, the short- and
middle-distance races around and among the islands
that surround the eight-square-mile collectivity of St.
Barth provide boat-handling practice that surely can
serve well the team’s ambitions on longer routes.
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JOUANY CHRISTOPHE
Single Barrel Rum. New this year too, the skipper winning
the regatta’s most competitive class as judged
by a trio of race officials will receive his or her weight
in Cruzan Rum.
The entire Cruzan line of Cruzan Rum as well as light
and dark Presidente will be available at all of the St.
Thomas International Regatta events and parties.
“We are very excited to announce our new partnership
with Cruzan Rum and Presidente beer. We look forward
to welcoming everyone to Cowpet Bay this March
for a great regatta, a cold beer and a rum drink you
can really enjoy,” says regatta director, Bill Canfield.
The St. Thomas International Regatta, now in its 42nd
year, is world-renowned for its round-the-buoys and
round-the-islands racing, first-class race committee and
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The Judel/Vrolijk-designed 72-footer Bella Mente
will join Les Voiles de St. Barth for its second time
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