13 May 2026
2027 St Barths Bucket News
Mark your calendar: 17 – 21 March
Next year the Bucket will debut a four-race series and return to its traditional dates, the second to last full weekend in March.
New in 2027 will be the debut of a four-race Bucket series, featuring racing from Thursday through Sunday. This year the organizer offered an optional, standalone fourth day of racing on Thursday, and over 2/3 of the fleet participated. The additional race was to help ensure enough racing as the trade winds have become less predictable in recent years. 2025’s three races in under 10 knots and this year’s Sunday race cancellation due to too much wind only served to validate this decision. Feedback from yacht owners and stakeholders during and following the 2026 event was near unanimous in endorsing a four-race series going forward
The St Barths Bucket Blog
Visit our 2026 Blog page for postings from the 2026 St Barths Bucket.
What They Said: 2026
Hummingbird — Navigator Johan Barne For us, the best thing about the Bucket was coming back to a familiar place and familiar faces. The best racing moment must be when we sailed a good downwind and squeezed past our competitor Freya on an inside overlap at Ile de...
As the Winch Turns: Day 4
Under the warm, albeit windy, Caribbean evening sky, the harborside grounds of the Hotel de la Collectivite came alive as hundreds of yacht owners, captains, and crew gathered for the Bucket’s final Awards Party. Guests arrived by boat, car, and on foot, dressed to...
High Winds Force Cancellation of Bucket Finale
Hetairos Claims The Bucket Trophy Today’s highly anticipated determining battle on the waters off St. Barths was not to be, as winds blew dogs off chains and organizers were forced to cancel the third and last day of Bucket racing. Thus, for 33 superyacht teams in...
2027 Bucket: 17-21 March 2027
2026 Official Charity
The St Barths Bucket proudly makes annual contributions to worthy St Barths causes every year. A portion of the entry fee and proceeds from the sale of the popular Bucket posters go to local charities.
The 2026 donation will be made to a most worthwhile one: The Youth Sailing Program at the St Barths Yacht Club (SBYC). SBYC is an active sailing school with the youth of St Barths a major focus. Every year, hundreds of children learn to respect each other and their environment. They also learn responsibility and cooperation in the pursuit of these goals.
SBYC is not a conventional yacht club. Resources and budgets are far more limited than what one would expect to find in a typical yacht club. The safety and maintenance of boats in the children’s fleet is an important priority for the SBYC.
In addition to the monetary donation to support their operations, the Bucket has made an ongoing commitment to the environment. The Bucket has purchased and donated two robotic marks for use by the club and hopefully at all regattas in St Barths. Robotic marks are increasingly prevalent in sailboat racing today. They reduce the need for mark boats. Engine pollution is significantly decreased and environmental damage to the sea floor done by anchors is eliminated.
The SBYC and their members play an active role as on-water and shoreside volunteers at the Bucket each year and we are thankful for their involvement.
Space Gallery St Barth is partnering with the Bucket Regatta for the ninth consecutive year. The limited-edition poster has become a collector’s item for visitors to the island and aficionados of the annual regatta. Only 200 are offered for sale. It is priced at 100 euros and can be purchased at the Space Contemporary Art Gallery, which is located on Carré D’Or between Hermès and Cartier.
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