Throughout the Tobago Sailweek, the winds continued to blow a steady 15-20 knots from the south east which were pleasantly comforting in the high 80's ambient temperature. Teams competed from the UK, Scotland, US, Barbados, Holland, Barbados and Trinidad.

Although many expected Les Crouch’s Storm , a Riechel Pugh 44, to dominate the Racing class, half way through that honour was being contested by Enzyme , Paul Solomon's Henderson 35 and Blazin , Paul Burke’s Beneteau First10m. Michael Rostant’s Mumm 36 Michael High Tension Lucozade was in third and Storm followed. By the end of the regatta, Barbadian yacht Blazin took the overall prize whilst Les Crouch's Storm finished second and High Tension Lucozade followed in third.

After two major incidents Enzyme was only four points off the lead going into the final race however they suffered a broken mast thus blowing their challenge.

In the Cruiser Racer class, two boats fought it out for the lead, Ralph Johhnson’s Rapajam , a Beneteau 53 and another Beneteau Wayward owned by Jerome McQuilken. Rapajam sailed away with the first place prize. At the halfway point, the Cruising fleet was led by Steve Schmidt’s Santa Cruz70 Hotel California Too from USA followed by Lloyd de Roche’s Nirvana . But by the end of the regatta, Nirvana ended up in first place. It was this class that the press boat eagerly awaited at the first windward mark as several of the boats were crewed by bikinied foredeck hands, some of which had a different theme each day.

The Charter class was led by Annie T skippered by Colin Rudge. Finally the ‘comfort cruising’ class was won by John Clouston's Hunter 33.

The event wound up with the prize giving and buffet in the grounds of the Crown Point Hotel with the Communications Marketing Manager of Angostura handing out the spoils of victory with a representative of theTobago Assembly who had also supported the event

Whilst the regatta is not the largest on the Caribbean circuit, organizers boast a reputation of being the friendliest regatta in the Caribbean. In 2006 the Angostura Tobago SailWeek is scheduled May 14-19.

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