The 2018 Caribbean Regatta season

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Its been a hectic summer in the Caribbean and we apologise for the lateness of this newsletter but with two unprecedented Cat 5 hurricanes Irma and Maria it has taken a little time to get an accurate picture of the regatta programme for 2018

So the news is Antigua and the Caribbean are open

None of the major regattas have been cancelled and all have announced a normal programme of racing and events so starting with Mountgay Barbados in January and finishing with Antigua Sailing Week in May we will be racing at all of the regattas this season.

Each regatta reflects the uniqueness of each of the Caribbean islands and offer different sailing experiences often with some lengthy deliveries allowing guests to build some ocean miles

Spirit of Juno is our ‘head boat’ so prospective racers can join as individuals or small groups and offers positions for the experienced and inexperienced She had a good 2017 with new race sails and podium positions at many regattas. Joining Juno is a great way to learn the ‘racing ropes’ as well as experience the social side of many beautiful islands with mixed and very international teams.

Many regattas offer the opportunities to do the deliveries and build some miles and passages for those looking for a little extra adventure

We also have Beneteau first 40.7’s available for whole boat charter and access to a wider fleet of Grand Soleil’s, J’s and First 40’s

Dates for the regattas are as follows and include training days

Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series 16th – 21st January

Grenada Sailing Week 28th January to 3rd February

RORC Caribbean 600 14th – 23rd Feb

St Maarten Heineken Regatta 27th Feb – 3rd March

STIR St Thomas International Regatta 21st – 25th March

Bequia Easter Regatta

BVI Spring Regatta 27th March – 1st April

Les Voiles de St Barths 9th – 15th April

Antigua Sailing Week 27th April – 4th May

Antigua to Bermuda Race 7th May –

Next 5 year regatta schedule https://www.ondecksailing.com/pdf/Ondeck-Caribbean-Regattas-2018-2022.pdf







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STCW Updating this week 

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First for a little while as the superyaxhts come back to Antigua for the charter show. Promises to be a busy season here and many will need to do their basic safety updating. 2 days  covering fire and sea survival and approved by the MCA

Cost is $525 

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Live fire training for cruise line in Antigua

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Today was our second session for one of the major cruise lines who call into St John’s. 19 of their crew who are part of the onboard fire teams were given the training to experience fighting live fires in a simulated ship environment. Lighting live fires on board the ships is clearly not possible

https://antiguasailtraining.com/vid_20180324_090603-mp4/

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The Caribbean 2019 Sailing Regatta

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The Caribbean 2019 Sailing Regatta season is nearly here and Captain Arran and rest of his pro sailing team of Andy, Pete, Kyle and Ryan are busy doing the final preparations and shake down trials of our Farr 65, Spirit of Juno.

Juno is very competitive with a first in class in the Antigua and Barbados regattas in 2018 and has already started the 2018/19 season strongly winning line honours in the Nelson’s Pursuit Race on New Year’s Eve. The exciting news this season is she is stripped down and has new racing 3Di’s North sails.

Spirit of Juno Farr 65 and our match fleet of Beneteau First 40.7’s makes for thrilling and competitive, high-performance yacht racing in crystal clear waters with consistent warm trade winds. If you haven’t succumbed to the pull yet let us help you decide.

The main regatta event racing starts Fri-Sun – three days of highly competitive racing in what are usually strong breezes.

You can sail in all of the most prestigious sailing events in the 2019 Caribbean Regatta Calendar with Ondeck including Barbados Race Week, Grenada Sailing Week, RORC Caribbean 600, St Maarten Heineken Regatta, St Thomas International ,BVI Spring Regatta, Bequia Spring Regatta, Les Voiles de St Barth, Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta and of course Antigua Sailing Week 2019. We also have places at some of the smaller fun events such as the Round the Island Antigua.

We offer individual places on our Farr 65, Spirit of Juno, and on our Beneteau 40.7’s and we encourage first time racers to come on board.

Most of our race packages include 1 training day with the option of taking part in deliveries from and back to Antigua where applicable and building some miles.

We do have a booking system so would prefer people to book online

Peter Anthony
Director
Ondeck Antigue Cell  + 1 268 720 5313 Antigua office +1 268 562 6696If you have any questions, just EMAIL pa@ondecksailing.com or call the Antigua office.

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