(Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe)- What may be the first regatta of the 2014/
2015 Caribbean Winter Sailing Season is the Triskell Cup hosted on the
island of Guadeloupe. Sailing a series of races off the quaint
French-inspired village of Pointe a Pitre, the fleet of boats enjoyed a
broad range of “post-tropical depression” conditions; meaning that clear
skies and steady 8-15 kts of breeze could often be punctuated by sudden
squalls developing rapidly with rain, 20-30 kts winds and massive
changes in wind direction. Such is the difficult life of sailing in the
tropics with temperatures ranging from an extreme of 65 degrees up to
85 degrees F!After the smoke cleared, Eddy Chalono’s J/111 J-BOSS finished second in the Triskell Cup 2014, but the crew is extremely proud of their result after having to fight off one of the world’s most famous Figaro Sailing Champions- Gildas Morvan.
As reported by Eddy’s crew, “the big problem of this regatta was in particular to avoid the huge patches of sea-grass that had the tendency to drop our boat speed of 1.5-2.0 kts— impossible to see them sometimes! So, we needed very frequent stops and back-ups that penalized us on our handicap times.” Hmmm, sounds like J-BOSS needs a classic “SoCal Kelp-Cutter”!! For more Triskell Cup sailing information
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