by Barby MacGowan | Mar 28, 2024 | 2024 Daily Recap, 2024 St. Barths Bucket
Gelliceaux — Captain Clive Walker As always, it was a fun and well-organized regatta, where we can cross tacks with old and new friends. After trying to win the Bucket for the last 20 odd years and missing by slim margins, to finally win with Gelliceaux feels like a...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 25, 2024 | 2024 St. Barths Bucket, As The Winch Turns 2024
Parting is such sweet sorrow, but just because the racing is over doesn’t mean the memories from this year’s Bucket won’t last for a lifetime. For many, last night’s final Awards Ceremony and Party put them center stage at the White House Museum on the far side of...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 25, 2024 | 2024 Daily Recap, 2024 St. Barths Bucket
In winds much like yesterday’s, the Superyachts made quick work of circumnavigating the island of St. Barths in today’s final race of three in the 2024 Bucket regatta series that started Friday. In the seven classes sailing, no one was a shoe-in to win, but four...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 24, 2024 | 2024 St. Barths Bucket, As The Winch Turns 2024
Last night’s Bucket Bash…what a blast, with more daily trophies given on the BMQ stage and more mingling and dancing enjoyed by the many Bucketeers – owners, captains and crews – who attended. Music by the Tanya M. Quintet included familiar tunes from soft rock to...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 23, 2024 | 2024 Daily Recap, 2024 St. Barths Bucket
Today’s “Not So Wiggley” course necessitated a downwind start by each of 30 Superyachts competing in seven classes at the St. Barths Bucket and peppered a blue sky with colorful spinnakers, giving spectators something to gawk at from their vantage points ashore and on...
by Barby MacGowan | Mar 23, 2024 | 2024 St. Barths Bucket, As The Winch Turns 2024
Setting aside a portion of entry fees and proceeds from the sale of each year’s beautifully illustrated Bucket poster, the Bucket regatta annually makes contributions to worthy St. Barths causes. On the stage Wednesday before the Skipper’s Meeting were representatives...
