by Barby MacGowan | Mar 20, 2018 | 2018 St. Barths Bucket, Daily Recap 2018
Nilaya – Will Oxley, Navigator It’s never easy when you have sailors like you have on Unfurled constantly breathing down your neck; we were constantly looking over our shoulder. All week a convergence line existed over the top of the island and out to the lee, and our...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 17, 2018 | 2018 St. Barths Bucket, Daily Recap 2018
In 12-15 knot mid-morning breezes that weakened to about seven knots in the afternoon, the Bucket fleet sailed 22-25 nm “Not-so-Wiggley” courses that seemed quite the opposite of that as they zig-zagged around Ile Fourchue, Roche Table and other natural turning marks...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 16, 2018 | 2018 St. Barths Bucket, Daily Recap 2018
It couldn’t have been a more beautiful day to have a distance race around the 14-square-mile island of Saint-Barthelemy, and there couldn’t have been a more spectacular fleet to sail in the sunshine and 13-15 knot breezes than this year’s 26-strong Bucket fleet of...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 15, 2018 | 2018 St. Barths Bucket, Daily Recap 2018
ST. BARTHS (March 15 2018) – In glorious conditions, the 31st edition of the St. Barths Bucket Regatta started today with the elegant and historically significant J Class yachts Svea, Velsheda and Topaz completing two windward/leeward races in a planned four-day...
