(English Harbour, Antigua)- The final day of the 48th edition of
Antigua Sailing Week was blessed with amazing conditions, 20 knots of
trade winds, pumping down the rugged south coast of Antigua, kicking up a
sea state in brilliant tropical sunshine. It was the exclamation point
on yet another legendary week of partying and racing in the fabulous
sailing conditions around Antigua.“We’re absolutely delighted with how the racing went this week. The on-the-water race management was excellent and the competitors were very happy. We were challenged by light southerly winds all week and had to come up with an additional 15 courses right before the start of racing to ensure that we had some windward-leeward legs and not all reaching. We scrambled a little but the courses worked very well and the feedback from the sailors has been excellent!” commented Kathy Lammers, Chairman, Regatta Organising Committee.
Taking
home silverware in CSA 3 Racing was Nigel Passmore’s J/133 APOLLO VII
with a modified scoreline after a somewhat specious rating protest by a
competitor. Instead of winning, Nigel’s team took third overall in the
regatta after the re-scoring. 5th was Jonathan Bamberger’s J/145c
SPITFIRE from Canada. CSA 5 Racing saw Martin Kennedy’s J/120 SUNSET CHILD sail better and better as the week went on and ended up in sixth overall.
CSA 6 Racing was extremely tight for the top five places. After a slow start, David Cullen’s J/109 POCKET ROCKET from Ireland sailed well to take third overall and add even more silverware to the trophy room. Starting out strong, but fading a bit was Robbie Ferron’s J/39 OSSENFEFFER from Roadtown, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, finishing 5th in class.
Then, in CSA 8 Racing it was the perennial Antiguan contender for class honors, Tanner Jones’ J/30 BLUE PETER that took 5th in class on a steady diet of 4th place finishes. Sailing Photo Credits- Paul Wyeth- http://www.pwpictures.com For more Antigua Race Week sailing information & results
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