The St Barths Bucket

Please join us in 2025: 13 – 16 March

The St Barths Bucket

Please join us in 2025: 13 – 16 March

A Fantastic 2024 St Barths Bucket!

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Out-of-the-Gate Wins on Day One

Out-of-the-Gate Wins on Day One

As predicted after two light-air practice days, a decent wind of 12-18 knots kicked in for the Bucket’s first of three competition days. Seven classes of Superyachts (30 total in the fleet) each sailed a variation of the counterclockwise “Around the Island” course,...

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As The Winch Turns: Day 1

As The Winch Turns: Day 1

Welcome to the Bucket Blog where everything from the serious to the silly is presented in vignettes for you to enjoy as you scamper to Gustavia Harbor to make boat call, or hang out with friends at the Bucket Bar, or relax at your villa at the end of a long racing...

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Fantastic Fleet Ready for Competition and Camaraderie

Fantastic Fleet Ready for Competition and Camaraderie

An uptick in numbers for the 2024 St. Barths Bucket means 30 of the world’s most magnificent Superyachts and over a thousand serious yet fun-loving sailors have flocked to the tiny island of St. Barthelemy for this giant of an event. The racing format, now finely...

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Updated: 20 March 2024

On Island – Time To Go Racing!

Fantastic Fleet assembled for the 2024 St Barths Bucket

Most of the fleet has arrived, and some of the entrants are working off the rust with early week practices. Sunshine and wind are what we’ve all come to expect in St Barths, and early forecasts suggest there will plenty of both when the racing starts on Friday.

One never knows with weather forecasts nowadays, but 13-18kt Easterly tradewinds is what the experts are telling us. Rosehearty, Hanuman, Nostromo, Inukshuk, Hetairos, Nakupenda, and L’Hippocampe are already at the dock with the finishing touches being applied to the race village at the Capitainerie. With racing less than 2 days off, spirits and expectations are high!

The seven classes include 11 Corinthian Spirit entries in two non-spinnaker classes, a 90-foot class, and the debut of an ‘Open Class’ that includes a combination of cruising yachts and one racing superyacht.

There are four impressive entries making their superyacht racing debut – the 59-meter Maximus (Vitters/Frers), 47-meter Nilaya (Royal Huisman/Reichel-Pugh) 31-meter Zemi (Baltic/ Malcolm Mckeon) and the 33 meter Gelliceaux (Southern Wind/Farr). The first two will do battle in Les Gazelles Class A which features some of the fastest yachts in fleet. We count no less than 8 former Bucket class winners among the 30 entries this year.

The class breaks have been posted for weeks and remain unchanged from the earliest preliminary version. Unparalleled ORCsy class racing with the popular pursuit racing format will provide yacht owners with exciting competition against yachts with somewhat similar sailing characteristics. The Corinthian Spirit Class racing will return to its roots and once again be a non-spinnaker competition.

The official 2024 Bucket social schedule will again be unrivaled, providing yacht owners and their guests with a unique, fun filled experience shoreside and on the water as well.

We look forward to seeing these magnificent sailing yachts and their crews on the racecourse Friday for race number 1, around the island!

Peter Craig, Event Organizer
peter@bucketregattas.com

Please note that the 2025 and 2026 Bucket dates are earlier than past years:
13 – 16 March 2025
and 12 – 15 March 2026.

 

2024 Official Charity 

Five happy young sailors standing next to a robotic mark.The St Barths Bucket has proudly made many contributions to worthy St Barths causes over the years. A portion of the entry fee and proceeds from the sale of the popular Bucket posters go to local charities.

The 2024 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 a monetary donation to support their operations, 2024 will again include a robotic mark. The Bucket will purchase and donate a second robotic mark, which will be used by the club and hopefully at all regattas in St Barths. Robotic marks are increasingly prevalent in sailboat racing and represent a strong commitment to the environment. They reduce the need for mark boats, decreasing engine pollution and environmental damage to the sea floor by anchors.

The SBYC and their members play an active role as on-water and shoreside volunteers at the Bucket each year.

Space Gallery St Barth is proud to partner with the Bucket Regatta for the seventh year running to offer the limited edition 2024 poster. The commemorative Bucket Poster will be available exclusively at Space Gallery and was designed for the third consecutive year by Hermès’ in-house designers. The poster has become a collector’s item for visitors to the island and aficionados of the annual regatta. The poster is a limited, numbered edition of only 250 offered for sale this year. It is priced at 100 euros and will officially go on sale on Monday, 11 March, directly at the Space Contemporary Art Gallery, which is located on Carré D’Or between Hermès and Cartier.

Future Bucket Regatta Dates

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2025 St Barths Bucket

13-16 March 2025

2026 St Barths Bucket

12-15 March 2026

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