St Maarten
St.Maarten-St.Martin Classic Yacht Regatta on You Tube
West Indies Events and the St.Maarten-St.Martin Classic Yacht Regatta Foundation announced today that a promotional version of the 2008 regatta documentary has been published on the popular web site www.YouTube.com The 10 minutes video was again produced and edited by Noemi and Albert van der Gugten's local St.Maarten company 180 Productions, and was filmed with three cameras during the regatta.
Jul 7, 2008, 12:10 PST

St Maarten
5th Course de L'Alliance Set for November 28-30
Sailors are encouraged to pencil in the 5th Annual Course de L'Alliance, Friday November 28 to Sunday November 30 2008. This popular regatta starts in Simpson Bay, St. Maarten, and follows a triangular course of three legs, taking in overnight stops on the islands of St. Barths in Gustavia harbour and Anguilla's Road Bay. The last leg is from Anguilla to Marigot, Saint-Martin, to Marina Fort Louis.
Jun 28, 2008, 18:33 PST

St Maarten
2008 North Sails Caribbean Keelboat Championship, Two Steps Left and One Step Right
... or was it two step right and one left? Shifty conditions challenged fourteen teams from Trinidad to the BVI in the 2008 North Sails Caribbean Keelboat Championship. Sailed June 21 - 22 in the Lagoon in St. Maarten, local sailor and skipper of the second place team, Frits Bus said that he had never seen conditions as shifty as they were in the Lagoon on Saturday morning. By late afternoon, the wind direction had settled down and was back to normal by Sunday.


Jun 24, 2008, 17:46 PST

St Maarten
Local St.Maarten Youth Invited to Sail on Tallship in Norway
The Maritime School of the West Indies, in cooperation with the St.Maarten-St.Martin Classic Yacht Regatta Foundation, is offering a "once in a lifetime" and exiting adventure on board a Tall Ship to local St.Maarten youth.The initiative is sponsored by Sail Training International and Canadian Sailing Expeditions.
May 30, 2008, 16:10 PST

St Maarten
A Star Studded Line-Up Expected for the 7th annual North Sails Regatta
In less than one month the Caribbean's most competitive sailors will meet in St.Maarten to once again challenge each other at the seventh annual North Sails Caribbean Keelboat Championships. Held on June 21 & 22, 2008, competitors from St.Lucia, USVI, Grenada, St.Maarten, Puerto Rico and as far away as Trinidad will meet for what promises to be fierce competition. A total of thirteen teams are already signed up. Racing will begin on Saturday the 21st and the championships will end with a prize giving ceremony on Sunday afternoon.
May 26, 2008, 11:51 PST