7th Annual Caribbean Keelboat Championships Coming

North Sails, a world leader in sailmaking, is sponsoring the 7th Annual Caribbean Keelboat Championship in St Maarten. Thirteen teams of the Caribbean’s most competitive sailors have already registered, coming from St. Lucia, USVI, Grenada, St Maarten, Puerto Rico and Trinidad. Registration takes place on June 20 at the Sint Maarten Yacht Club at 6:00 pm and the race kicks off on Saturday, June 21. An awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, June 22 at the end of the race.

28th Heineken Regatta

The 28th Heineken Regatta will take place in St Maarten from March 6 to March 9. This regatta is the largest sailing and partying event in the Caribbean. The Regatta will kick off with the Budget Marine Commodore’s Cup on March 6, which is a race only for boats in the spinnaker class. Heineken St. Maarten N.V., in cooperation with the St Maarten Yacht Club, has announced that the headline performance this year to conclude the four-day Regatta is a concert by Shaggy on the beach of Kim Sha (Simpson Bay) on March 9. Grammy Award-winning Shaggy is a Jamaican-American reggae singer who has six albums, five #1 hits, and 11 top-ten singles worldwide. Go to www.heinekenregatta.com for all the details about this year’s exiciting Regatta

Thursday, March 6th
Registration for all classes at the St Maarten Yacht Club in Simpson Bay from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Budget Marine Commodores Cup
Welcoming Party at Port de Plaisance

Friday, March 7th
The first race starts outside of Simpson Bay:
The Race around the Island for most classes from Simpson Bay to Great Bay
Prize Giving Ceremony and Party in Great Bay

Saturday, March 8th
Most classes race from Simpson Bay to Marigot
Prize Giving Ceremony and Party at Waterfront in Marigot

Sunday, March 9th
The final day with a race from Marigot to Simpson Bay
Prize Giving Ceremony and Final party in Simpson Bay with Shaggy

Transatlantic Yacht Race Coming to St Maarten

The Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup will kick off in Tenerife on November 26, 2207, and the finish line is of St Maarten about ten days later. This is sure to be a big event on the island, no doubt with music and parties planned.

The fleet will assemble in Tenerife - the largest of the seven Canary Islands - in preparation for the start on Monday, November 26, 2007. The mega-yacths, with a minimum length of 59 feet, are expected to navigate 2,600 nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean for approximately ten days before reaching the finish line off of St Maarten.

The Awards ceremony is slated for December 14 at the St. Maarten Yacht Club. Read the full news story. The Rolex Trophy and a Rolex Oyster Perpetual timepiece will be awarded to the overall winner.

Also, read the official announcement of the race. Satellite reports will allow you to monitor the race’s progress online at the same site.