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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
St Lucia
ARC 2005 - 20th Edition Is Now Full
Over the course of the last 20 years, thousands of cruising enthusiasts have enjoyed crossing the Atlantic with the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) and this year this successful event has reached a milestone, moving into its third decade. The 20th ARC will start from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on 20 November. As popular as ever, the 225th entry slot was taken at the beginning of August and hopeful entries are now being placed onto a waiting list.
Aug 16, 2005, 18:12 PST
St Lucia
Pusser's Rum Powers Trans-Atlantic Celebrations; Online Store Launched
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| Pusser's survival kits at the ARC prize giving | Pusser's Rum, the original rum of Great Britain's Royal Navy for 330 years, recently ensured that participants with the 19th annual Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) were "in good spirits" before, during and after their 2,700 mile crossing from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands to St Lucia.
Dec 29, 2004, 10:00 PST
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