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St Lucia
Annual St Lucia to Martinique Race
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| Entertainment in the form of a traditional costume and dance troupe. | On Saturday 12th December at 09.00 a reduced entry of seven boats turned up in squally conditions for the start of the St Lucia to Martinique race series known as the Sir John Compton Memorial Race. The annual event is held in honour of the late Prime Minister of St Lucia, a keen yachtsman who served the island for over 30 years. The start was off the St Lucia Yacht Club in Rodney Bay and within the fleet included two ARC entries Akanara and Boundless and also two Martiniquan boats. The smallest entry was a J24 skippered by Edgar Roe.
Dec 23, 2009, 16:29 PST
St Lucia
St Lucia BMW J 24 Invitational Championship Draws Six Teams from Four Countries
St Lucia Yacht Club hosted the Third St Lucia BMW J 24 Invitational Championship over the weekend in Rodney Bay. With teams from Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and St Lucia, six teams sailed eighteen races over the weekend to decide the winner.
Nov 10, 2009, 15:35 PST
St Lucia
Coming down to the wire, Sweeney Takes the St. Lucia National Optimist Sailing Title
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| Young Opti sailors race under stormy conditions. | Saturday 13th June, thirteen of St. Lucia's top junior sailors battled it out in the St. Lucia Optimist Championships. The young sailors took to the stormy seas in Rodney Bay to demonstrate the racing skills they had learned through the Youth Sailing Programme sponsored by the St. Lucia Yacht Club from coaches Rob Hemming, Chris Lowe & Katie Yeo. The morning schedule was for three races; driving rain with variable winds up to 20 knots made for some tough conditions but the juniors persevered. In the end, the weather cleared, the winds settled and six races were run. After a hard fought battle, Marcus Sweeney took the overall first place.
Jun 19, 2009, 07:42 PST
St Lucia
St Lucia J24 Open
Over this past weekend, the St Lucia Yacht Club held the "J24 St Lucia Open" with two visiting teams from Barbados joining four local teams. The event was held in the island's six J24s with a series of twelve races over Saturday and Sunday. Light and shifty winds made for some very close racing and exciting gains and losses. Boats were changed after each session of races with no owners sailing their own boats which made it fairer to the visitors and fun for owners to see how their boats did with other crews on board.
Nov 11, 2008, 16:34 PST
St Lucia
The ARC Comes Of Age
World's largest transocean sailing event turns 21
World Cruising Club, the organisers of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (the ARC), are currently gearing up for the departure of the ARC2006 fleet from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Sunday 26 November.
Now in its 21st year, the ARC has attracted another large entry list that currently stands at 234 yachts representing a staggering 27 nations . Many more nationalities are represented across the crews, making the ARC not only the World's largest transocean sailing event, but also the most diverse.
Nov 1, 2006, 22:15 PST
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