Racing circuit in Caribbean in a Moody – mostly for fun

[Delfini]

Our much loved and local club raced Moody S38 with a fractional rig, 2 x symmetric and 1 x asymmetric spinnakers and IRC rating of 0.950 will be in Grenada from Jan 1 and I would love to do a few regattas in and around the area from Feb until June 2017 and wonder if anyone has recommendations for fairly informal and fun events rather than serious racing ?

A mate of mine at my local club recommended Bequia Easter Regatta @ Bequia Sailing Club

Any other recomendations appreciated

Thanks

 

[roblpm]

Aha. More information please! Did you just do a transat? I have a similar plan for about 5 years time. Some fun racing whilst over there would be great.

 

[roblpm]

Aha. More information please! Did you just do a transat? I have a similar plan for about 5 years time. Some fun racing whilst over there would be great.

Aha some quick stalking shows you are entered for the Arc. Do you have a blog?

 

[Delfini]

No blog yet but we will be putting something together during our Atlantic passage - I am looking for recommendations for regattas in the Caribbean after the ARC - we will be based in Grenada from January

 

[Bajansailor]

I think you will find that in all of the regattas in the Eastern Caribbean they are taken pretty seriously (re competitiveness) - even in the non spinnaker and 'bareboat' classes.

There is a regatta in Grenada in January - it used to be called the LaSource regatta after previous sponsors, but it is now Grenada Sailing Week.
http://grenadasailingweek.com/event-schedule/

Then there is the Heineken Regatta in St Maarten in March (from the 2nd - 7th)
http://heinekenregatta.com/
This is pretty large and (from reports received - I have not taken part) usually pretty competitive.

Bequia Easter Regatta is always good fun - I have been to a few in the past.
http://www.bequiaregatta.com/

Then there is the Antigua Classics regatta from the 19th - 25th April
http://antiguaclassics.com/v1/
They won't consider a Moody S38 to be a classic, but you should definitely aim to be there - the big Classics always need extra crew.

Classics is almost back to back with Sailing Week next year - Sailing Week starts on the 29th April.
http://www.sailingweek.com/v4/
I have sailed in a few, and they are very competitive, especially if you intend to fly kites. And even if not, the Bareboat classes are enormous (and everybody thinks that they are Dennis Connors)

 

[AIDY]

No blog yet but we will be putting something together during our Atlantic passage - I am looking for recommendations for regattas in the Caribbean after the ARC - we will be based in Grenada from January

Looking forward to blog Chris. That boat needs a good sail.

 

[typhoonNige]

If you are still in the area in August the Carriacou regatta might suit you. Not a huge turn out but definitely not too serious either.
Grenada Sailing Week had a cruisers class this year for the less racey entries. Bequia is also worth trying. I was at all of these this year but didn't compete. The social side was good though!

 

[AIDY]

Looking forward to blog Chris. That boat needs a good sail.

Afternoon arrival ? Well done guys.... only a few breakages

 

[Delfini]

I know its a bit late but just to close this out - we arrived safely in St Lucia before christmas and then parked up in Grenada - did Grenada sailing week in Feb this year and it was great - I would have also done Bequia but couldn't get enough crew - maybe next year

For those that were looking for an ARC blog and didn't find it - its now on the BMYC web site at http://bmyc.org.uk/news/5123/