by Barby MacGowan | 17 Mar 2025 | 2025 Daily Recap, 2025 St. Barths Bucket
The visual today on the northwest side of St. Barths was nothing less than breathtaking as 26 Superyachts sailed custom courses of between 12 and 16.5 nautical miles and deployed their giant multi-colored spinnakers for final downwind legs to the finishes. Although a...
by Barby MacGowan | 15 Mar 2025 | 2025 Daily Recap, 2025 St. Barths Bucket
Served with a second day of light air, 26 Superyachts at the Bucket Regatta sailed custom, shorter-than-normal courses on the west side of St. Barths. Goodbye “Not so Wiggley” and “Wrong Way Around” routes that have become the familiar traditions here over more than...
by Barby MacGowan | 15 Mar 2025 | 2025 Daily Recap, 2025 St. Barths Bucket
To accommodate the forecasted light air on day one of the St. Barths Bucket Regatta, organizers assigned the shortest course choices for an around-the-island race that saw 26 superyachts compete in seven classes. (Though the official fleet count is 30, four of those...
by Barby MacGowan | 14 Mar 2025 | 2025 St. Barths Bucket, As The Winch Turns 2025
If there’s one certainty at the St. Barths Bucket, it’s that everyone who participates becomes part of a side story or two. Thus, this Bucket Blog has become the “catch all” for showcasing the people, events and happenings that fill the time so colorfully before and...
by Barby MacGowan | 12 Mar 2025 | 2025 Bucket Preview, 2025 St. Barths Bucket
With the three-day St. Barths Bucket Regatta due to start Friday, 14 March, 30 of the world’s most magnificent superyachts – ranging in length from 28-56 meters – have descended on Gustavia Harbor, bringing color and grandeur to an already brilliant waterfront. This...
