Jeanneau SunFast 20's to be used for the Marlow Caribbean Keel Boat Championship.

The Marlow One Design Caribbean Keel Boat Championship, June 19th & 20th has once again attracted an excellent line up of Caribbean sailors which will continue to reinforce it's position as the leading one design regatta for regional sailors.

With 3 weeks until the regatta and only 15 spots available 13 teams have so far confirmed that they will take part, confirmed are Michael Green from St.Lucia who won the very first event in 2002 but since then has not been able to regain his title. Out to stop Mr.Green from trying to regain the title will be last years winner Markku Harmala from St.Barths who has no intention of letting go of the title and Frits Bus from St.Maarten who has come so close for so many years getting 2nd place in 2007, 2008 and 2009 he is now very hot to get the coveted win. Karl James of Antigua will also be there to do battle with his experienced crew of Ashley Rhodes and Shawn Malone, in spite of Karl's excellent placings in so many other regattas he has not yet won this event and will now take another swipe at it with the help of sponsor Budget Marine Antigua.

Also in the mix will be Benoit Meesemaecker from St.Barths who competed for the first time last year, Bernie Evan-Wong from Antigua who has yet to find his winning form in this regatta. Also coming from Antigua is Tanner Jones this will be his first time at this regatta but he has had a taste of these boats when he came and competed at a regatta in early February.

Sergey Boer will lead a team sponsored by Curacao Marine with a team of young Curacaoleneans who generally get very little opportunity to race against the sailors of the Eastern Caribbean, Curacao has enormous sailing talent and very regular one design racing in Sunfish and Ynglings. This team will also be competing in the CAC Games in Puerto Rico in J 24's at the end of July so they very much want to see how they match up to the rest of the Caribbean sailors.

The Championship is being hosted by the Sint Maarten Yacht Club and will be based at the clubs facilities on the Simpson Bay Lagoon. The event is held every year in June and is open to Caribbean based sailors from clubs who are members of the Caribbean Sailing Association. The boats being sailed are the Jeanneau SunFast 20, these one design boats owned by Lagoon Sailboat Rental are maintained in a perfect level of equal equipment.

The Championship is sponsored by Marlow Ropes, the globally recognized manufacturer of high end yachting rope based out of the UK, Marlow Ropes supply yachting cordage to yachts from small dinghies to maxi sailboats. Marlow Ropes are sold at all Budget Marine locations.

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