Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine June 2015

JUNE 2015 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 40
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— Continued from page 15 …Regatta News
Sailing the Atlantic west to east, ARC Europe began
from Nanny Cay, Tortola (29 boats). The ARC Europe
fleet leaving from Portsmouth, Virginia USA (six boats)
was delayed thanks to Sub-Tropical Storm Ana; that
fleet set sail May 13th. The fleets will combine in
Bermuda and be joined by a further seven boats,
before sailing to the Azores and on to Marina de
Lagos, Portugal, or other European ports.
ARC USA set sail from Nanny Cay, Tortola alongside
the ARC Europe fleet. Six boats will sail via the Old
Bahama Channel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The
route will see them sailing close to the north shores of
Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Cuba, sheltered from the
Atlantic swells by the Turks & Caicos and Bahamas,
and should take approximately seven days for them
to arrive in Bahia Mar Marina. Meanwhile 16 ARC USA
boats will sail with the ARC Europe fleet to Bermuda
and then to ports on the US East Coast.
Visit www.worldcruising.com/arc_Europe and www.
worldcruising.com/arc_usa for more information.
Historic Key West-to-Havana Race
In the first US government-sanctioned sailing race
between the two cities in more than half a century,
five two-man teams of US-based Hobie Cat sailboat
racers departed Key West on May 18th in a race to
Havana, Cuba. The US Commerce Department issued
the necessary licenses for the teams to participate.
The Havana Challenge, held May 16th through 21st,
was a three-part series of races for 16-foot Hobies. Part
One, The Gulf Stream Shakedown, sailed approximately
15 miles south from Key West, around a race
committee yacht and
returned to the starting
beach in Key
West. This race, while
competitive, also
served to give crews
a last opportunity to
test communication
and safety gear, sailing
characteristics
under racing loads
and sailing techniques
just prior to crossing
to Havana.
Part Two, the 90-mile
Key West-to-Havana
leg of the race, saw a
LeMans start off Key
West’s South Beach.
Support boats
brought the total fleet
to 19 vessels. As this
issue of Compass
goes to press, the offshore
leg is en route
to Marina Hemingway
where a Welcome
Party will be hosted by Commodore José Miguel Díaz
Escrich of the Hemingway International Yacht Club.
Part Three, The Malecon, is expected to feature a
series of races with the US-based sailing teams as well
as Cuba-based sailing teams including the Cuba
National Sailing Team and Olympic sailing competitors.
The US teams and support boats should arrive
back in Key West late May 21st.
The Havana Challenge is an amateur sporting competition
designed to promote person-to-person intercultural
exchange through the sport of sailing.
Visit www.havanachallenge.com/events
for more information.
ON THE HORIZON…
50th Anniversary Carriacou Regatta
Jerry Stewart reports: For a spectacle of traditional
sail, be in Carriacou on the weekend of the first
Monday in August. The Large Decked Sloop
(“Carriacou Sloop”) class never fails to impress —
engineless and sporting their racing rig, sails and mast,
additional downwind sails and spinnakers. Large and
Small Open Boats also duel for honours, and
Hillsborough is jumping.
As at Bequia Easter Regatta, the yachts get to play,
too. On July 31st, the Two-Handed Round the Island
race is well supported. Crewed races follow on the
Saturday and Monday; Sunday we watch the decked
sloops. Mount Gay, Doyle Sails and Budget Marine
support this off-season regatta.
31st Around Martinique Yole Race
The 31st edition of the Tour de Martinique des Yoles
Rondes, organized by the Fédération des Yoles
Rondes de la Martinique, will run from July 26th
through August 2nd. The eight-leg event for the
island’s impressive sailing craft will begin and end in
the windward town of Robert, with stops at Diamant,
Fort-de-France, Prêcheur and La Trinité.
Yoles Rondes are canoe-shaped open boats made
of wood. They are spectacularly over- canvassed
with a single huge rectangular spritsail. This windage
is counterbalanced by crewmembers hiked out to
windward on individual poles. Steered with a long
steering oar, Yoles Rondes have little or no keel.
These races are highly competitive and draw large
crowds of spectators.
Visit www.tourdesyoles.com for more information.
Read in Next
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All Ashore in Cartagena
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