by Barby MacGowan | Mar 28, 2019 | 2019 St. Barths Bucket, Daily Recap 2019
Hetairos (Overall winner, Les Gazelles class winner) – Graham Newton, Captain We didn’t think our closest competitor would be WinWin; we thought it would be Visione, because we’re two of the biggest boats in the fleet and WinWin is the smallest. Also, racing against...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 27, 2019 | 2019 St. Barths Bucket, Daily Recap 2019
ST. BARTHS (24 March 2019) – Sailing on the last day of the 2019 Bucket Regatta couldn’t have played out any better for 34 superyachts fighting for podium positions in five spinnaker classes and one Corinthian Spirit (non-spinnaker) class. Winds ramped up to 18-20...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 26, 2019 | 2019 St. Barths Bucket, As The Winch Turns 2019
The owner and crew of Hetairos might have gotten a bit wet on the race course Sunday when a squall passed through, but they got a real drenching Sunday night on the Bucket stage when they celebrated being named the overall Bucket winner for 2019. The coveted award was...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 24, 2019 | 2019 St. Barths Bucket, As The Winch Turns 2019
The Bucket Bash, held last night at the Collectivité across the harbor, gave the 1500 or more sailors here a chance to swap sea stories from the regatta’s first two days and catch up with old friends from far corners of the world. After a buffet barbecue dinner that...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 23, 2019 | 2019 St. Barths Bucket, Daily Recap 2019
ST. BARTHS (23 March 2019) – On the second day of racing at the St. Barths Bucket, 34 superyachts enjoyed a quick pace around 23- to 26-mile “Not So Wiggly” courses, ironically named, since they were indeed quite wiggly, winding around turning marks that were the...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 23, 2019 | 2019 St. Barths Bucket, As The Winch Turns 2019
Ian Craddock, captain of Kaori, was also the superyacht’s captain 25 years ago when it was known as Mandalay and its owner, publisher Nelson Doubleday, suggested a Bucket regatta for St. Barths. As it happens, it fell on the shoulders of Craddock and some of his...
