Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine June 2015

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— Continued from previous page All the used sails were donated by either UK Sails in Toronto, Canada or Ullman Sails from Deltaville, Virginia. Without the generosity of these sail companies this day would not have happened. Ullman Sails also donated thread, sewing needles, rigging rope and other sail parts so desperately needed here. UK Sails has supplied over 200 used sails to date, many of which are in excellent condition. BRUCE LEEMING Sailing for sails. Haitian sailors vying for prizes of Dacron, not silver JUNE 2015 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 14 FABRICE THOMAZEAU Fishermen in Haiti cannot afford modern Dacron sails and resort to using plastic tarps, bed sheets and other materials. A used yacht sail represents about a year’s wages. As fish stocks become depleted around the island, fishermen go out ever farther. Some are never seen again. One of the biggest problems is weak sails being blown out, after which the engineless craft have no way to get home against the current. Dacron sails are more reliable and can be repaired at sea. Haitians are excellent sailors and their seamanship has been passed down for generations. Their boats are simple but with their long booms they can sail upwind. Having very little keel, they can be beached easily. By reducing sail costs the fishermen are able to keep their vessels in better condition. Thanks to UK Sails and Ullman Sails for their support. Visit www.friendsofileavachehaiti.com for more information. Martinique Hosts World Surf Qualifier Hawaiian surfer Joshua Moniz has won the first edition of the Martinique Surf Pro QS3000. On April 25th, the final day of the Martinique Surf Pro, the two semi-finals and the grand final offered thrilling contests at Basse-Pointe. In the end, the 18-year-old Moniz won the only Caribbean leg in the World Surf League Qualification Series (QS) in 2015. Twenty-one-year-old South African Michael February took second place, and Peruvian Miguel Tudela and Australian Cooper Chapman, both 20 years old, took joint third place. Exceptional waves, top class surfing, keen spectators and professional organization: the first Martinique Surf Pro lived up to and went beyond expectations. There were 106 competitors. For five days, some of the world’s top surfers battled it out on the waves at Basse-Pointe in one of the finest events seen in the World Surf League Qualification Series (QS) in the past few years. The WSL Europe Tour Manager, Rob Gunning, went away completely won over: “At Basse-Pointe the waves are long and powerful and therefore perfect for this competition. They enabled the surfers to show us their full potential. The judges handed out almost 100 excellent scores (between 8 and 10), which is huge for a QS event. This Martinique Surf Pro was clearly a truly successful event.” One of the main goals of the Martinique Surf Pro was to show off the quality of the surfing on the island. This aspect was also highly successful. Surfers registered for this event discovered Martinique and the right-handers at Basse-Pointe. They were all surprised by the quality of this spot and promised to return next year. Visit www.martiniquesurfpro.com for more information. Hat Trick for Phaedo3 In the days before Antigua Race Week 2015 Lloyd Thornburg and his team came to Antigua to participate in three record attempts and have sailed away with a “hat trick” of records. On Friday April 24th, Thornburg’s MOD70 trimaran, Phaedo3, finished the Guadeloupe-to-Antigua Race in 1 hour and 27 minutes, beating the previous record set by the 140-foot modern schooner, Mari-Cha IV, by 51 minutes. —Continued on next page
— Continued from previous page On Saturday April 25th, Phaedo3 created a new Around Antigua record with a time of 3 hours, 26 minutes and 9 seconds. The previous record was set by the 115-foot monohull ketch Sojana in 2009 with a time of 4 hours, 37 minutes and 43 seconds. On Sunday April 26th, Phaedo3 went out for a record attempt on an 80-mile course Yippee — three records down! around Redonda. The previous record was set by Sojana in 2010. Phaedo3 completed the course in 5 hours, 18 minutes and 58 seconds, beating Sojana’s record by almost 2 hours. Visit www.teamphaedo.com for more information. 48th Antigua Sailing Week Round-Up In what were described as near-perfect tradewind conditions, Antigua Sailing Week 2015 ran from April 25th through May 1st with a series of eight races for a healthy fleet of 116 boats in 13 classes. Jonty Layfield’s CS40, Sleeper/U-Go, scored eight straight wins to win CSA 8, the Best Antiguan and Caribbean Boat in Start Boat B and the prestigious Lord Nelson Trophy. Also with eight wins, Ross Appleby’s Oyster 48, Scarlet Oyster, crewed by the Right side up, Timbalero 3 topped ASW’s Multihill division Guernsey Yacht Club was the winner of CSA Racing 5. Scarlet Oyster was also the Best British Yacht and the Best Race Charter Yacht at Antigua Sailing Week, and won the inaugural Royal Southern Yacht Club Inter-Yacht Club Challenge. Bernie Evan- Wong’s Antiguan RP37 TAZ was the winner in CSA Racing 4 and the Best Caribbean and Antiguan Boat in Start Boat A. With just one result all week lower than a first-place, Eduardo Perez’s Gunboat G4, Timbalero 3, locked up the victory in Antigua Sailing Week’s Multihull Racing division. The overall winner of the Bareboat Division and Bareboat 3 was Martin Sager’s KH+P Cayenne, winning the Sunsail Trophy and a US$2,500 voucher from Sunsail for a future Antigua Sailing Week charter. Visit www.yachtscoring.com for full results. Visit www.sailingweek.com for more information. Record Fleet for World Cruising Club’s Spring Rallies RACHEL JASPERSEN / TEAM PHAEDO PAUL WYETH WORLD CRUISING CLUB JUNE 2015 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 15 A bumper fleet of 51 boats from 20 nations set sail from Tortola with World Cruising Club’s spring rallies — ARC Europe and ARC USA. Many yachts are sailing with ARC Europe and ARC USA as their final homeward-bound passages, returning after a winter of Caribbean cruising. Flexible route options proved popular with multiple fleets cruising in company. —Continued on page 40
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