Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine September 2016

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Boats Line Up for Island Water World
Grenada Sailing Week
With online registration now open at www.yachtscor-
Grenadian welcome. ARC and RORC sailors heading
for the Caribbean are invited to “Spice it up in
Grenada” using this sailing week as an introduction to
local sailing conditions and the friendly culture of the
islands. LIAT is air partner for
this regatta, so check the
GSW website and newsletters
for more details regarding
flight discounts.
For more information visit
www.grenadasailingweek.
com and sign up for the
GSW newsletter, e-mail
info@grenadasailingweek.
com, visit Facebook at
GrenadaSailingWeek, or
Twitter @grenadasailweek
DEAN BARNES
water. It was hard work, but I loved learning about the
boat, how to make it go faster, how the wind works in
St. Thomas. I just loved learning more about the sport.”
The title of Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year is
awarded annually to an individual who has performed
at the highest level of competition in district
and national championships. The Inter-Collegiate
Sailing Association (ICSA) All-America Committee
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ing.com/emenu.cfm?eID=2901 loyal supporters of
Grenada Sailing Week have already registered for
next year’s event, to take place January 30th through
February 4th, 2017.
Richard Szyjan’s modified Hobie 33, Category 5;
Peter Lewis’s J/105, Whistler; Peter Anthony’s Farr 65,
Spirit of Juno; Peter Morris’s Frers 43, Jaguar; Matthew
Barker’s Alfred Mylne 65, The Blue Peter; Robbie
Yearwood’s J/24, Island Water World Die Hard, Greg
Webster’s J/24 Phoenix, and the J/24 Shakin with a
Bajan crew, will all be participating, providing considerable
challenge to all comers in their classes.
It is anticipated that Jason Fletcher’s Caribbean 33,
due to launch at the end of 2016, and Rene
Froehlich’s newly built RF33 will add excitement to the
racing mix. A special effort is also being made to
encourage the fleet of traditional Carriacou Sloops to
take part.
Those from near and far will be given a warm
BVI’s Haycraft Finishes 6th
at Ora Cup Ora
Congratulations to
Nathan Haycraft of the
BVI, who finished in sixth
place in a fleet of more
than 200 international
Optimist sailors at the 2016
Ora Cup Ora regatta, held
on Lake Garda in Italy from
August 5th through 7th.
Twelve-year-old Haycraft posted three bullets in the
six-race series.
USVI’s Nikki Barnes is Quantum Women’s Sailor
of the Year
USVI born and raised sailor Nikole “Nikki” Barnes has
earned the 2016 title “Quantum Women’s Sailor of the
Year” for college sailing in the US. Nikki started sailing
at the St. Thomas Yacht Club at age six.
“Living on an island there didn’t seem like anything
better to do than go sailing,” Barnes, the daughter of
yachting writer Carol Bareuther and regatta photographer
Dean Barnes, told the Inter-Collegiate Sailing
Association.
Barnes said in a Quantum Sails interview, “At a point
when I had to decide [to continue sailing or not], the
parents hired coach Agustin Resano from Argentina.
He started a program with us, and from the moment I
learned how to compete, I spent long hours on the
evaluates all of the finalists’ results and calculates the
winner. “Barnes won every women’s regatta she competed
in this year,” notes Ian Burman, head coach for
the US Naval Academy and a member of the ICSA
All-America Committee.
Barnes, who is studying management at the US
Coast Guard Academy, will be a senior this fall. She
aspires to compete in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in
the 470 Class, and adds, “I’d also love to be a cruise
ship captain. I was able to meet a female cruise ship
captain, and she was incredible. That would be a
pretty sweet job.”
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