Racing In Paradise

RBVIYC kids 2nd, Musto wins...Scuttlebutt Offshore

I bumped into a very upbeat Chris Watters at the RBVIYC yesterday evening. Chris, who is the YC coach sailed 'INTAC' to second place beating Peter Homberg, Ben Ainslie...this was poached from Scuttlebutt's newsletter. More details as we get them.

The 2007 BEYC 'Drakes Challenge' report...

11 IC24s rigged up on a very grey and gusty Saturday morning to do battle. With tropical storm Noel winding up off to the east, bands of squalls were going to make things interesting.

Peter Holmberg is set to race in the 2007 Nanny Cay Nations Cup.

It has now been confirmed.

Peter Holmberg will be racing with brother John's USA BEYC team at the 2007 NCNC.

I met John in K.Mart, St. Thomas yesterday afternoon. He had a nice selection of mushroom anchors ready for mark laying at the 2007 'Pro Am' coming up next week at the BEYC where he works as Watersports Director.

We talked about his mushrooms and the logistics of getting 11 IC24's up to the BEYC this Thursday.

The 2007 Nanny Cay Nations Cup...less than 4 weeks away!

November 17th will come sooner than you think.  We could be looking at 20 National teams battling it out in the Sir Francis Drake Channel off Nanny Cay making it the biggest NCNC yet!

Already confirmed with checks in the post are team ‘Crabtown sailors’ from Annapolis USA (Dotty Holoubek), team HIHO (Andy Morrell), team Canada (Mark Plaxton), team Holland (Frits Bus) and team St. Martin (Simon Manly).

'The Drake's Challenge' only 5 days away...

The IC24 racing season kicks off in earnest this weekend with the BEYC's 'Drake's Challenge'.

On Friday, 11 BVI based IC24s will be towed 20 miles East to North Sound, Virgin Gorda...one of the finest racing locations on the planet!

'The Black Pearl' is sold.

Dave and his wife Kim are well known on the local racing scene.
(pictured here, Dave has the red lifejacket on and Kim is in the foreground)

They leapt to fame with their Farr 395 in 06 and more recently campaigned their Melges 32 in 07.  Hailing from Bayfield, Wisconsin they have now built a home on Tortola.