(Gustavia Harbour, St Barths)- From the 11th to 16th April, the
beautiful French island of St Barths played host for the 7th edition of
Les Voiles de St. Barth. This year’s event was notable for what it
lacked, namely plenty of wind! Unusual conditions prevailed for the
sailors as much lighter winds than forecast jinxed the fleet, making for
an exasperating week of sailing for most boats. One day was even
canceled due to no wind! While the beach parties raged, other prayed
for breeze to round out the week, but it never happened.
In
CSA 3, Eddy Chalono’s J/111 J-BOSS from Martinique managed to post a
strong comeback after taking an 8th place in their first race, sailing
fast & furious to post two deuces and take the bronze in class.
Similarly, the J/120 JAGUAR sailed by Vladimir Kulichenko from Moscow,
Russia also had a slow start in race 1 with a 9th, but came back with a
3-5 to finish a respectable 6th overall on a tie-breaker over Pamala
Baldwin’s J/122 LIQUID team from Antigua.Like their classmates in CSA 3, the J/109 POCKET ROCKET skippered by David Cullen from St Barths/ Ireland took 4th in CSA 4 class with a scoreline that showed improvement every race. Peter Lewis’ J/105 WHISTLER from Barbados sailed consistently to take 6th in class. For more Les Voiles St Barth Regatta sailing information
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