Whether you are a first time regatta crew member or a seasoned racer – April 2014 is going to be a great month for you with both Antigua Sailing Week and Bequia Easter Regatta!
Grenada Bluewater Sailing has an action-packed month planned for our Beneteau Oceanis 461 Chao Lay. On the 18th-21st April, we are heading up to the Bequia Easter Regatta to compete in the island’s traditional and fun races. Next up we are cruising over to Antigua and entering Chao Lay for the world-famous Antigua Sailing Week, starting on April 26th and running to May 2nd.
If you would like to be part of the team on board our award-winning sailing yacht then get in touch with us here!
Live aboard or day sailing options are available for all of the regattas we attend. Avoid disappointment and book early – the yacht fills up fast with our highly experienced skipper Alex Johnstone at the helm.
33rd Bequia Easter Regatta 2014
Grenada Bluewater Sailing are looking forward to another successful year at the Bequia Easter Regatta. In the final press release for 2013, the 32nd Bequia Easter Regatta received “universal praise as a record-breaking total of 54 yachts, together with 29 local double-enders, registered to take part in Bequia’s world-famous sporting and tourism event. Conditions were blustery and challenging but this could not dampen the spirits of the 83 boat fleet as they raced with superb skill throughout the four day event”.
After racing on James Dobb’s Lost Horizon in 2013, the Grenada Bluewater Sailing team are excited to be going back this year to compete on our very own Chao Lay. Skipper Alex Johnstone came 1st in the Heineken Single-handed Around Bequia race last year, and Lost Horizon won 1st place overall in the racing class. We are hoping for an equally successful regatta in 2014.
2013 saw the “highest yacht turnout yet seen for Bequia’s regatta, coupled with unprecedented numbers of visitors and following boats coming to Bequia for the event”. 2014 promises to be just as thrilling with a great set of courses planned, fun lay day activities and plenty of sponsored evening celebrations. You can join our fun and competitive race team by contacting us here.
Antigua Sailing Week 2014
Antigua Sailing Week is a five day premier sailing event that attracts yachts from all over the world. Spanning forty-five years, Antigua Sailing Week has gained the reputation of one of the world’s most thrilling sailing regattas
Over one hundred yachts compete, ranging from 24 feet-100 feet. Antigua Sailing Week welcomes state-of-the-art, high-tech racers, as well as a variety of performance cruising and cruising boats like Grenada Bluewater Sailing’s Chao Lay. An unforgettable Caribbean regatta charter for any keen racer.
Grenada Bluewater Sailing are offering you the chance to take part as crew on board our 46 foot sailing yacht Chao Lay. Alex Johnstone will be at the helm ensuring exhilarating sailing and great camaraderie. You can book to live aboard or to join in as a day sailor here.
For five days crews are challenged with a variety of coastal race courses encouraging tacking duels around the buoys – all set on the deep blue Caribbean Sea with the ever-present trade winds. It’s a picture perfect setting that is enhanced as the evening colors brighten the western sky and the sun-burnt, salt-encrusted, weary sailors make their way to the barbecues, steel bands and rum punches. While hundreds of locals and visitors carry on partying well into the evening, many of the yacht crews know there is another day of racing out there and so they leave the late night revelry for the others to finish.
The Grenada Bluewater Sailing team is fast, competitive and most of all… FUN!
Caribbean Regatta Charter Options:
- 18th-25th April: Mile building cruise from Grenada to Antigua. Visiting the Bequia Easter Regatta (RYA training available) – £995.00pp.
- Antigua Sailing Week Liveaboard: 26th April-2nd May 2014 – £995.00pp.
- Antigua to Grenada Mile Building Cruise (RYA training available): 4th-12th May 2014 – £995.00pp.