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Cayman Islands
Race Cayman 2010- Ian Barrows Takes Top Spot in the Byte CII North American Championship
The Race Cayman 2010 regatta reached a successful conclusion on Monday 15th March 2010 with Ian Barrows of US Virgin Islands winning the Byte CII North American Championship and Cayman's Compass Marine Team of Mike Farrington, Matt Diaz and Sam Dawson claiming victory in the CISC J/22 International. Both events were run simultaneously by the Cayman Islands Sailing Club (CISC) with excellent conditions prevailing in the North Sound where a total of 25 races were held over 6 days.
Mar 23, 2010, 11:57 PST
Cayman Islands
Race Cayman - Cayman's Largest Ever International Sailing Event
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| Byte sailors training on North Sound. | The Cayman Islands Sailing Club (CISC) will be hosting Race Cayman on 10th - 16th March 2010. This is the largest international sailing event ever to be held in Cayman and underpins the growth of sailing in Cayman and the development of young Caymanian sailors to an Olympic standard.
Mar 6, 2010, 08:57 PST
Cayman Islands
Sailing Club Launches New Programs
The Cayman Islands Sailing Club (CISC) is preparing to embark upon a major new campaign that it hopes will substantially increase participation in sailing following Hurricane Ivan.
From January 2006, the CISC will offer structured training programmes for both children and adults across a range of levels, from beginners who do not yet know a tack from a bowline to more experienced sailors looking to fine-tune their racing skills.
Dec 15, 2005, 21:27 PST
Cayman Islands
Caymans Suffering After Ivan
Although, the subject of hurricanes is somewhat 'off-topic' for a Caribbean racing web site, the following plea is being published because any of us in the Caribbean could be in the same boat next week, the week after, or next year.
The Caymans really have received little media attention and appear to be in dire straits:
"I must repeat my plea to all of you to assist in any way you can in bringing the plight of The Cayman Islands into focus. The world's newspapers and TV stations have reported ad infinitum on Hurricane Ivan's impact on Jamaica, Cuba and Florida. Nobody seems to care a damn about this tiny nation of 40,000 that got hit worst of all. There has been almost zero reporting of the appalling catastrophe that Cayman now is.
"I took a decision on Thursday 9th, as did many Cayman employers, to try and charter an aircraft to evacuate employees who wanted to flee. Twenty people left. My wife and I escaped to New York on one of the last available commercial flights on Friday afternoon. We are now in The Bahamas with the clothes on our back and an overnight bag. We have no idea if we have a habitable home to return to.
Sep 20, 2004, 14:51 PST
Cayman Islands
From Prams to Tall Ships- Seafarers Regatta Has It All
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| Seafarers Regatta drew many types of sailing vessels. | The Seafarers Regatta was held as part of the recent Quincentennial Seafarers Festival on Saturday, 10th May 2003, with a start time of 12.00 just outside Hog Stye Bay. Close to 30 sailboats from the Cayman Islands Sailing Club racing and cruising fleets, ranging from the tiny Optimist dinghy to the larger racing yachts and multihulls participated in the regatta which with the addition of visiting Tall Ships provided a true spectacle of sail – old, new, historical and high tech - in the George Town harbour area. HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex graciously agreed to officially start the race from the balcony of the CI Museum and lowered a Cayman Islands flag in synchronization with the Race Committee boat signals to send the boats on their way. Boats crossed the start line, hoisted their colorful spinnakers and raced up towards the Seven Mile Beach area rounding a turning mark for the next leg back towards the harbour and continuing down to Jackson Point and back to finish at the original start line after sailing twice around the race course.
May 19, 2003, 11:37 PST
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