Caribbean Times 94th issue - Thursday 21st April 2016
Caribbean Times 94th issue - Thursday 21st April 2016
Caribbean Times 94th issue - Thursday 21st April 2016
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<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>21st</strong> <strong>April</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 11<br />
igua Sailing Week<br />
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Kialoa 2<br />
and Andy Middleton’s First<br />
47.7, Performance Yacht Racing/EH01.<br />
The two Oyster 82s,<br />
Starry Night of the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
and John McMonigall’s Zig<br />
Zag are also expected to have<br />
a close battle over the five days<br />
of racing.<br />
There are also several 2015<br />
Class champions returning<br />
to defend their titles: TP52,<br />
Conviction, chartered to Bernie<br />
Evan Wong (with his TAZ<br />
team), Alan Edwards’ Swan<br />
65 Spirit, Ross Applebey’s<br />
Oyster 48, Scarlet Oyster and<br />
Jonty Layfield’s Sleeper (now<br />
a J/11s).<br />
After the highly successful<br />
inaugural Royal Southern<br />
Yacht Club Inter-Yacht Club<br />
Challenge last year, eight<br />
yachts have already entered the<br />
<strong>2016</strong> competition and several<br />
more are expected.<br />
The criterion for entering<br />
is that at least 50% of the crew<br />
must be members of the yacht<br />
club they are representing. No<br />
less than five of the teams entered<br />
are from Antiguan yacht<br />
clubs including Jolly Harbour<br />
Yacht Club and Antigua Yacht<br />
Club.<br />
Through initiatives made<br />
by Antigua Yacht Club and the<br />
National Sailing Academy of<br />
Antigua, many Antiguan teenagers<br />
and even younger will be<br />
taking part this year alongside<br />
the older generation of Antiguans:<br />
Rhone Kirby (17) who<br />
represented Antigua and Barbuda<br />
and Antigua Yacht Club<br />
at the Youth Olympic Games<br />
in China; and Jules Mitchell<br />
(17) who participated in<br />
the 2015 ISAF Youth Sailing<br />
World Championship in Malaysia.<br />
On board Jonty Layfield’s<br />
Sleeper II there are five<br />
young Antiguans: Vincent Anfi<br />
(15), Joshua Daniel (14), Maleck<br />
Patterson (14), Morrison<br />
(13) and Shannoy Malone who<br />
is just 11 years old.<br />
Antigua Sailing Week kicks<br />
off on Friday with the Guadeloupe<br />
to Antigua Race, the<br />
Round Antigua Race on Saturday<br />
23 rd <strong>April</strong> and the first<br />
race of the 49 th Antigua Sailing<br />
Week starting on Sunday, <strong>April</strong><br />
24 th .