CONGRATULATIONS 2024 WINNERS AND PARTICIPANTS!
OVERALL CUP AWARD GOES TO THE SCHOONER ALEXANDER HAMILTON
10 BOATS PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR’S RACES WITH EVERYONE WINNING IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER! THANK YOU CAPTAIN MILES FOR KEEPING THIS EVENT LIGHTHEARTED AND FUN! THANKS TO ALL THE BOATS WHO JOINED IN THE RALLY, THANKS TO THE SPECTATORS WHO CAME TO WATCH AND SUPPORT AND TO GARY AND JANE WITH DODGY BITS WHO PROVIDED R/C DUTIES, AND THANKS TO LEEWARD ISLAND CHARTERS WHO SUPPORTED THE EVENT WITH A SPECTATOR CATAMARAN, EAGLE! IT WAS HUGE FUN AND WE APPRECIATED EVERYONE WHO MADE IT SUCCESSFUL! NASC VOLUNTEERS (DAN, LEANNE, MAMATA, NATALIE, LESLIE) WHO KEPT EVERYONE FED AND WATERED! ELIJAH WHO PROVIDED SAFETY AND DINGHY TENDER SERVICES. JONNI’S MUM ROS WHO PAINTED THE FUN STONE FISH MEDALS! THANK YOU!!!
PICTURES FROM THIS YEAR’S EVENT POSTED BELOW!
Booby Island Races
Booby Island, located midway between St Kitts and Nevis and slightly towards the Atlantic is an iconic sailing landmark. Sailing around her is a must do for any St Kitts and Nevis regatta. When the indigenous Caribs gave Nevis its original name, Oualie meaning “Land of Beautiful Waters”, they must have been referring to this beautiful sailing area around Booby Island.
Yacht Race
Booby Island Regatta was originally created as a few local sailing yachts decided to have a race up the channel around Booby Island Regatta. Now in its 10th year, we hope to continue this tradition. These larger keel boats designed to sail further offshore will come in a range of sizes. To accommodate the various sizes and speeds, a guesstimate will be made of their speed and handicaps will be applied so the bigger faster boats will start at the back in a pursuit race. The smaller slower boats will do their best to stay ahead whilst the larger boats will try to catch up their smaller competitors over a 2 lap race up and down the narrows, sailing via cockleshell bay, cow and calf rocks and around booby island before finishing back in Oualie Bay. There has been a revival in interest in yacht racing worldwide, especially in offshore racing and the upcoming olympics has chosen to feature a double handed offshore yacht class for the first time.
Kiteboard Race
Wind permitting, there will be an open kiteboard racing class. This fast and exciting sport is now an officially recognized sailing class in the Olympics and they will be doing the same course- up and around Booby Island as the sailing yachts. Being an open class all forms of kites and boards are welcome. Although only a few potential racers, we hope to see both traditional kite boards and foiling. It should be a sight to see, having the kites mixed in among the other more traditional sailing classes.
Hobie Race
Hobie cats, the most commonly seen dinghy sailing boats (small boats) around the island due to their simple and easy to use design are welcome to join the Booby Island Regatta as their own class.
BOOBY ISLAND REGATTA 2022 PICTURES BELOW!!
Photo journey through past Booby Island Regattas…..
