April 07, 2012
Written by Zuzana Bednarova
Today the Les Voiles de St. Barth sailors competed in the famous round-the-island race. At the start off Gustavia, an eight to ten knot southeasterly helped send the seven classes off the line. Around the southern end, out of the lee of the island, boats encountered more breeze and bigger swells. Added to that, several rain squalls brought more wind as well, with boats experiencing 20-25 knots in the passing showers. ... read full story
April 06, 2012
Written by Zuzana Bednarova
Les Voiles de St. Barth sailors today enjoyed a lay day before the final two days of racing on Friday and Saturday. Racing continues tomorrow with the first warning signal scheduled for 11am, for the seven classes competing. ... read full story
April 05, 2012
Written by Zuzana Bednarova
This year´s St Barths Bucket Regatta was a huge success for the four Hoek Design superyachts, including the charter yacht This Is Us, the superyacht Firefly, the sailing yacht Marie as well as the Athos megayacht. ... read full story
April 05, 2012
Written by Zuzana Bednarova
There was a better breeze today at the Les Voiles de St. Barth yacht race, with a layday for competitors tomorrow and a full day of activities planned at Nikki Beach. Racing continues on Friday, with two races planned and a first start at 11:00am. ... read full story
March 26, 2012
Written by Zuzana Bednarova
It has been the first time in 75 years, that four Dykstra Naval Architects designed J’s, including the 130´ charter yacht Endeavour, the 129´ sailing yacht Velsheda, the 138´ superyacht Hanuman and the 41.55m charter yacht Ranger competed together in the St Barths Bucket Regatta. ... read full story
March 25, 2012
Written by Zuzana Bednarova
Race Day Two offered another fantastic day at the Saint Barths Bucket, full of the sun. Besides the sunshine, a steadily freshening breeze brought the massive fleet just what it needed to move around the “Not So Wiggly” course at a quick and exciting clip. ... read full story
March 24, 2012
Written by Zuzana Bednarova
Today´s St. Barths Bucket racing proved about as good as it gets, despite the unseasonable weather, featuring as usual the ‘Round the Island Race’ clockwise and an incredible fleet of 47 most impressive sailing yachts, hailing from every yacht building nation on earth, with a LOA of close to two kilometers in length total is mind boggling to any normal human being, even us hundreds of die-hard Bucketeers. ... read full story