West Indies Regatta 2017 1 of 3
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Jim Kelly-Evans
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very nice...great looking boats!
stbartshopper
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This is a treat to watch!
Izzy
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[QUOTE=KevinS;974041]I'm usually on-island for this wooden boat event. This is not the Bucket. It is old-school wooden boats, without a world-class professional sailor in sight.[/QUOTE]
To put some perspective on the West Indies Regatta, the Bucket, and Les Voiles:
Free, the boat closest to the camera, is one of the traditional boats in the video. Next is the Maltese Falcon (288 feet), the largest of this year's Bucket yachts. Just off the Falcon is Danneskjold (105 feet), one of the smaller yachts in the Bucket but of a size that would have placed her among the largest of the entries in Les Voiles.
If you kind of get the reason for Danneskjold's pirate sails but can't quite remember why, this pic of her under spinnaker may help:
To put some perspective on the West Indies Regatta, the Bucket, and Les Voiles:
Free, the boat closest to the camera, is one of the traditional boats in the video. Next is the Maltese Falcon (288 feet), the largest of this year's Bucket yachts. Just off the Falcon is Danneskjold (105 feet), one of the smaller yachts in the Bucket but of a size that would have placed her among the largest of the entries in Les Voiles.
If you kind of get the reason for Danneskjold's pirate sails but can't quite remember why, this pic of her under spinnaker may help:
Izzy
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Thanks, just trying to following your lead!
MIke R
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To compare corporate owned, factory built plastic boats whose navigational methods are computerized, to hand laid keels of wood, built in the islands by islanders, and whose captains painstakingly built their boats and sail them with their island taught skills, is at the very least - sinful...... because there is no comparison .....
stbartshopper
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The photo gave me a good perspective on the three races. Thank you!
LuckyKid
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And the pictured sloop, "Free In St Barth"is a jewel owned St Barth's own Thierry de Badereau. These boats are pushed quite hard on the water. They are not just for show. Kudos to Thierry.
KevinS
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Free came in early, and was met at the quay by the Fire Department. There was an older gentleman on board, conscious and mobile, but moving very slowly. The Fire guys had a Mylar blanket on him, and looked like they were moving him towards the ambulance. Sometimes bad things happen when it's just a day on the water, and sometimes more bad things happen when you're pushing hard. Free, the newest Carriacou Sloop, has been known to be one of the faster ones. Hopefully their crew member has recovered and is doing well.
LuckyKid
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The story from a crew member: FREE pulled out of the 'race' on Saturday to rescue a guy from the water. The guy was found floating with a pool noodle almost a mile offshore, and drifting west. He was barely communicative when they got to him and didn't want to be rescued. (Smile, thumbs up, totally out of it.) The crew decided to grab him anyway and bring him in. After they plucked him from the water he told the crew he'd set out from Gouvernuer early in the morning, and had been in the water for 7 hours! They radioed the Port and an ambulance took over at the dock.
Several boats had seen him on their way to Shell beach in the morning run. He declined any help. After some consideration FREE decided to return and rescue the guy. Good on the Free crew making that call. Clearly he wouldn't have lasted much longer.
Several boats had seen him on their way to Shell beach in the morning run. He declined any help. After some consideration FREE decided to return and rescue the guy. Good on the Free crew making that call. Clearly he wouldn't have lasted much longer.
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