Steel Pulse to headline Antigua Sailing Week and course/race updates

by Antigua Sailing Week on 13 Mar 2015 Antigua Sailing Week is only six weeks away. We hope you’re as excited as we are. Check out some news and updates from ASW 2015 in our newsletter below and if you haven’t yet entered, please do so now here
And don’t forget to encourage all your friends to enter too. The more boats that participate, the better classes we can create to make sailing more challenging and fun for all competitors. See you in Antigua next month!

The SWAT Team (the Sailing Week Antigua Team)

Steel Pulse to headline Antigua Sailing Week
Legendary roots reggae band Steel Pulse will headline the live entertainment for the 48th annual Antigua Sailing Week. Steel Pulse will be live on stage in Nelson's Dockyard on the big party night Tuesday 28 April along with iconic Antiguan soca star Tian Winter.

A Presidente Beer Garden and a beer festival, Johnnie Walker Reggae night and a fantastic beach party along with Daily Prize givings will ensure you have a amazing week both on and off the water.

For more information on the upcoming event click here. For information on ticket outlets and the full race and party schedule for the 48th Antigua Sailing Week please visit website or our Facebook page

Round Antigua Race
If you haven’t already done so, now is the time to submit your online entry for the Round Antigua Race to be held on Saturday, April 25. This optional race is scored separately for the week of racing and is a great opportunity for you and your crew to get in some serious practice and perhaps even attempt to break the course record. It’s a fun day with its own prize giving to be held in Nelson’s Dockyard following the race as part of the Official Welcome Party for Antigua Sailing Week. Trophies will be awarded for best elapsed time around the island and best corrected time overall, as well as second and third place overall and first, second and third place in each class. It’s a great event not to be missed. To submit your online entry go to website. If you have already entered Antigua Sailing Week, log-in using your email address and the password you created for your entry. If you haven’t already entered Antigua Sailing Week, use your email address and create a log-in password. The race is open to all boats, whether or not entered in Antigua Sailing Week.

Don't forget your crew waivers
Antigua Sailing Week’s NOR 3.7 requires all crew complete a Crew Waiver this year. If you and/or your crew have not yet completed the waiver form, please do so well in advance of Antigua Sailing Week to avoid a last-minute scramble. The Crew Waiver can be completed online and is found here. Please let us know if you have any questions concerning the Waiver.

Course and race officer update 2015
Antigua Sailing Week is excited to have added nine new courses to the course selection from the Windward Beach start line for this year in an effort to provide an even greater variety of course options depending on wind direction. These new courses will provide an even better combination of both windward/leeward and reaching courses options for every class.

We’re pleased to announce that we have a new Race Officer for Committee Boat B this year. International Race Officer John Coveney has joined the Antigua Sailing Week team. A UK national but based in France, John is fluent in French and has assisted us in translating Notices of Race and Sailing Instructions into French. He will also be able to assist French speaking competitors on the water and on the shore. We are working closely with the French Caribbean islands to increase cross-participation in regional sailing events and look forward to increased participation from our French neighbours this year.

Royal Southern Yacht Club challenge
Just a reminder that Antigua Sailing Week 2015 will feature the inaugural Royal Southern Yacht Club Inter-Yacht Club Challenge. The Royal Southern Yacht Club of Hamble, UK has issued a challenge to all participating boats that comply with the rules to represent their local yacht club in a challenge for a beautiful trophy donated by the Royal Southern Yacht Club and, of course, for all the prestige that goes with winning such a Challenge. There is no cost associated with this Challenge and all entries that comply with the rules are encouraged to participate. More information about the Challenge and full Rules can be found here
Enter the Challenge now – email roc@sailingweek.com with details of which yacht club you would like to represent.