Johnnie Walker Race - Day 3 - Hotting up in Antigua

by Louay Habib on 3 May 2017 The third day of racing at the 50th edition of Antigua Sailing Week was once again blessed with glorious conditions. Squally pewter skies cleared shortly after the first warning gun and the breeze slowly woke up as the skies cleared, touching 17 knots at times.

Ten teams went out to the race course unbeaten, but only three returned with their perfect score intact after some intense racing; hotter than jerk chicken! The big boat CSA classes were treated to long windward leeward courses off the spectacular cliffs on the south coast of Antigua. The bareboats and smaller CSA classes raced in more sheltered conditions off Rendezvous Beach with short sharp legs testing boat handling skills and boat-on-boat tactics. Two races were held for the majority of the 150 yachts racing at Antigua Sailing Week.

A shuffle in the results today meant that the leaders have changed in several classes, but not amongst the undefeated teams: Peter Harrison's Sojana in CSA1, Ross Applebey's Scarlet Oyster in CSA 5 and Robert Szustkowski R-Six in Offshore Multihull. Race winners today included Kialoa III; Conviction; Rebel-B, Dingo; Perseverare Diabolicum; Spirit (Antigua National Sailing Academy); L'Esperance and Hightide.

The closest race today was race four in CSA 4. Mark Chapman's Trini Ker 11.3, Dingo was the winner by just five seconds from Ian Hope-Ross' St. Maarten team racing Melges 32, Kick 'em Jenny 2. Dingo now leads the class with Douglas Ayres' American J/122, Team Skylark/El Ocaso in second, just a point ahead of Sergio Sagramoso's Puerto Rican Melges 32, Lazy Dog.

'We got holed on the first day and the whole team stayed up on the first night to get us back in the game,' said Dingo's Mark Chapman. 'Today we really clicked together and we had great boat speed which is a real weapon in a close class. After the terrible first day we are just delighted, but this regatta is far from over.'

In CSA 7, Sir Bobby Velasquez's St. Maarten team racing First 45, L'Esperance had a perfect day on the water scoring straight bullets to lead the class after five races; just half a point ahead of their long-time rivals, also from St. Maarten; Byerley and Ferron's J/39, Micron 99 Lord Jim.

'We had a problem with our propeller folding on the first day and we went round the wrong mark on the second day, so we didn't have the best of starts to the regatta,' explained Sir Bobby Velasquez. 'The racing today could not have gone better as we made some good decisions that worked out well. However, the regatta is only half over.'

In CSA 8, the class lead has changed hands every day. Steve Carson's Dehler 33, Hightide is the latest yacht to wear the bullseye, posting two wins today to open up a five point lead at the top of the class from Geoffrey Pidduck's Modified 6 Metre, Biwi Magic and Tanner Jones' J/30, Caribbean Alliance Insurance.

'Four of the boats in the class race together in Antigua on a regular basis, so it is no surprise to me that we are so closely matched and we know each other's strengths and weaknesses. Today it was our turn to get the upper hand, but it is never over until the fat lady sings,' says Carson.

Tonight is the big entertainment night at the 50th edition of Antigua Sailing Week. Internationally-acclaimed reggae artiste, Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley, the youngest son of Bob Marley is set to headline the eighth edition of Reggae in the Park, live in Nelson's Dockyard. Over 4,000 party-goers are expecting a phenomenal performance from the Grammy award-winning artist when he takes the stage.

Tomorrow, Wednesday 3rd May is President Lay Day Beach Party featuring the Nonsuch Bay RS Elite Challenge. Eight teams will race for the top prize of a week's all-inclusive accommodation for two people in a deluxe suite at the fantastic Nonsuch Bay Resort. The ultimate Caribbean beach party kicks off at Pigeon Point Beach at midday. The grills fire up from noon with top entertainment from DJs, live music and some crazy beach games.

For full results and more information about the 50th Antigua Sailing Week click here.

2017 Antigua Sailing Week - Preliminary Cumulative Results

Bow   Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Total 1. Antigua Sailing Week - Signal A Racing CSA Division CSA 1 1.   GBR 115L SOJANA Farr 115 Sir Peter Harrison 1 1 1 1 1 5.0 2.   GBR 8200R Stay Calm Swan82 Stuart Robinson 2 2 2 2 2 10.0 3.   MT 100 Nomad IV FC100 Jean-Paul Riviere 3 4 3 3 4 17.0 4.   LTU 1000 Ambersail Volvo 60 Simonas Steponavicius 4 3 4 4 3 18.0 5.   ITA 3956 Weddell Grand Mistral One Design Avanasy Isaev 5 5 5 5 5 25.0 6. 76   CAN 76 Avenger volvo 60 frers Gilles Barbot 7 6 6 6 6 31.0 7.   GBR 301R Challenger Volvo 60 Chris Stanmore-Major 6 7 7 7 7 34.0   CSA 2 1.   USA 1 Kialoa III S&S 78 K3 Foundation Inc 1 1 1 1 3 7.0 2.   GBR 48L Spirit Swan 65 Alan Edwards 3 2 6/DNS 2 2 15.0 3.   GBR 8214L Starry Night of the Caribbean Oyster 82 Starry Yachts 2 3 2 5 4 16.0 4.   GBR 8653R Spirit of Juno Farr 65 Ondeck Antigua 7/RET 5 3 3 1 19.0 5.   USA 60601 Sapphire III Cnb 76 John O'Connor 7/RET 4 4 4 5 24.0   CSA 3 1.   BAR 61300 Conviction TP52 Clint Brooks 1 1 1 1 2 6.0 2.   ANT 3030 Rebel-B Farr 45 Sir Hugh Bailey 3 2 2 3 1 11.0 3.   SUI 5006 Gordon's Baltic 50 Juerg Koenig 4 3 3 2 3 15.0 4. 73   MacPat POGO12.50 Miguel/Patrick Castellote/Franchet 5 5 6 5 6 27.0 5.   IRL 5005 Lee Overlay Partners Cookson 50 Adrian Lee 2 4 4 9/RET 9/DNS 28.0 6. 95   SWE 95 Talanta Pogo 40S2 Mikael Ryking 6 9/RET 5 4 4 28.0 7.   FRA 43860 Black Legend 3 Code 2 Reinold Geiger 7 9/DNF 7 7 5 35.0 8.   FRA 43894 Purple Rain Pogo 12.5 Ekhard Popp 9/RET 9/DNS 9/DNS 6 7 40.0   CSA 4 1.   TRI 247 Dingo Ker 11.3 Mark Chapman 2.75/RDG 1 6 1 3 13.8 2.   USA 52902 Team Skylark / El Ocaso J 122 Douglas Ayres 4 2 2 3 6 17.0 3.   PUR 007 Lazy Dog melges 32 Sergio Sagramoso 2 4 1 6 5 18.0 4.   USA 52956 Hot Ticket King 40 Jim Hightower 5 6 5 5 4 25.0 5.   GBR 4321 Oystercatcher XXXI Humphreys 39 Sir Richard Matthews 1 3 4 7 12 27.0 6.   FRA 972 Perseverare Diabolicum Farr 40 Jean Michel Figueres 7 7 3 9/SCP 1 27.0 7.   USA 180 Kick 'em Jenny 2 Melges 32 Ian Hope-Ross 14/RET 5 7 2 2 30.0 8.   ANU 911882 TAZ RP 37 Bernard Evan-Wong 3 9 10 8 9 39.0 9.   GBR 8633R Jingaroos (Jings!) J 133 David Ballantyne 11 10 8 10 7 46.0 10.   ANT 104 Liquid J 122 Pamala Baldwin 8 8 11 9 11 47.0 11.   NM 2477 J-aguar J 120 Ben Jelic 9 11 9 14/RET 8 51.0 12.   USA 28920 Sunset/Performance Yacht Racing J 120 Tom Hawker 6 12 12 14/DNS 10 54.0 13.   GBR 907R Palpatine - Stormforce Coaching Stimson IRC 42 Doug Innes 10 13 14/DNS 11 13 61.0   CSA 5 1.   GBR 1702T / ESP 8642 Scarlet Oyster Oyster 48 Ross Applebey 1 1 1 1 1 5.0 2.   GBR 486 Sleeper X Swan 48 Jonty Layfield 2 4 2 2 2 12.0 3.   GBR 4778R EH01-Performance Yacht Racing Beneteau 47.7 Andy Middleton 5 3 4 4 3 19.0 4.   GBR 2215L Quokka8-Performance Yacht Racing Grand Soleil 43 Christian Reynolds 3 7 5 3 6 24.0 5.   GBR 970 Jua Kali Grand Soleil 43 Dominic Hurndall 7 10 3 5 4 29.0 6.   GBR 4147L Joanna Beneteau First 40 Jeremy Thorp 9 2 6 6 7 30.0 7.   GBR 7408R Arthur Beneteau First 40 Chris Jackson - Sailing Logic 4 5 8 9 5 31.0 8.   FRA 28918 Lipton - Performance Yacht Racing A40 Philippe Falle 6 9 7 10 8 40.0 9.   GBR 8405R Olympia's Tigress Beneteau First 40 Luis Allievi 8 6 10 8 9 41.0 10.   GBR 7382R Pasco's Jaguar Reflex 38 Will Sadler 10 8 9 7 10 44.0 11.   ITA 9709 Templars'F Baltic 51 Antonino Sauve 12 15/SCP 11 12 11 61.0 12.   MTL 410 Godspeed X 41 David Hollinger 11 15/DNS 12 13 12 63.0 13.   GBR 3957L PG Roshni Sirena Marine Azuree 46 Nick Keeler 13 12 15/DNS 11 13 64.0 14.   ITA 16814 blue tangos two GS 50 JV de lisi federico 14 11 13 14 14 66.0   CSA 6 1.   ANT 1721 Spirit NSA Cork 1720 Jules Mitchell 1 2 2 1 1 7.0 2.   SXM 605 Team Island Water World Melges 24 Frits Bus 2 1 1 2 2 8.0 3.   SBH 26120 Maëlia CEPAC Antilles X-YACHTS Raphael MAGRAS 6 3 4 4 3 20.0 4.   BAR 105 Whistler J 105 Peter Lewis 3 5 5 3 6 22.0 5.   FRA 14731 Griottine Shamrock 9.50M MK2 Mod. Pascal Durand 5 4 3 5 5 22.0 6.   SBH 7777 Pocket Rocket J 109 David Cullen 7 7 6 6 4 30.0 7.   GBR 432 Whiplash Melges 24 Ashley Rhodes 4 6 7 7 8/RET 32.0   Multihull 1 1.   POL 6601 R-SIX HH66 Robert Szustkowski 1 1 1 1 4.0 2.     Granite Outremer 49 Roland Muller 3 2 3 3 11.0 3.   FRA 43945 BitterSharp TS42 John Lawson 2 3 4 4 13.0 4.   55007 Thirst Gunboat 55 Seamus Hourihan 4 6/DNF 2 2 14.0 5.   6008 Moementum Gunboat 60 Fredrik Moe 5 4 5 5 19.0     2. Antigua Sailing Week - Signal B Racing CSA Division CSA 7 1.   SXM 123 L'Esperance First 45f5 Sir Bobby Velasquez 2 4 1 1 1 9.0 2.   GBR 681 Micron 99 Lord Jim J 39 Cary Byerley and Robbie Ferron 1 1.5 2 3 2 9.5 3.   ITA 8075 Caccia alla Volpe One Off Carlo Falcone 6 3 4 4 3 20.0 4.   GBR 7825T Caipirinha Beneteau First 40.7 patrick holloran 5 5 5 2 4.25/RDG 21.3 5.   TTO 43 Legacy Soveral 42 Reginald Williams 3 6 7 6 4 26.0 6.   ANT 4073 Ortac Beneteau 40.7 Martin Oldroyd 8 1.5 3 5 10/DSQ 27.5 7.   GBR 9051T Spirit of Athena Beneteau 40.7 EXIT Sailing Team 4 7 6 8 5 30.0 8.   FRA 97126 Coyote Beneteau First 40.7 Claude Roth 7 8 8 7 6 36.0 9.   GBR 8520R Hot Stuff Beneteau First 40.7 Sophie O'Neill 9 10/RET 9 9 10/RET 47.0   CSA 8 1.   ANT 150 Hightide Dehler 33 optima 101 Steve Carson 2 5 1 1 1 10.0 2.   ANT 6 Biwi Magic Modified 6 Metre Geoffrey Pidduck 3 2 2 5 3 15.0 3.   ANT 227 Caribbean Alliance Insurance (Blue Peter) J 30 Tanner Jones 1 4 4 4 5 18.0 4.   ANT 112 Cricket Beneteau First 35 Sandy Mair 4 3 5 3 4 19.0 5.   SBH 26 Speedy Nemo sloop Raymond Magras 12/RET 1 3 2 2 20.0 6.   USA 5341 Freebird Swan44 Philip Asche 6 8 6 10 7 37.0 7.   FRA 9761 QUAI 17 / Birinic First 301 S Jean-Charles Beaumont 12/DNS 7 7 6 8 40.0 8.   SX 2322 Moondance Catalina 36 Garth Steyn 12/RET 6 9 8 6 41.0 9. 19   Augustine / Seal O'Day 35 Anthony Sayer 5 12/DNS 8 7 12/RET 44.0 10. 36   Volare Grand Soleil 343 Terence Allan 7 9 10 9 9 44.0 11.   BEL 1500 Dougi Hunter 410 Andre Van Rompay 8 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 56.0   CSA 9 1.   GBR 9999 Blue Fin Jeanneau DS 54 Rodney Dodd 1 1 1 2 4 9.0 2.   USA 61003 Porthmeor Oyster 49 Neil Styler 2 3 2 1 2 10.0 3.   ANT 1865 Voilactus Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 44 Eduardo Lentz 3 2 3 3 1 12.0 4.   5301C Jigsaw Oyster 53 Ian Galbraith 4 4 4 4 3 19.0 5.   GBR 4091L Amaroo Hanse James Cox 5 5 5 7 5 27.0 6. 68   Mustique Moody 66 Fin McGurran 6 6 6 5 6 29.0 7. 26   Atrevida ocean star 56.1 Andrea Veronesi 8/RET 7 7 6 8/RET 36.0   CSA - Bareboat 1 1. 45   KH+P Bavastro Sun Odyssey 509 Thomas Sparrer 1 1 1 4 4 11.0 2. 62   Fermi Sun Odyssey 509 DYC Herbold 2 2 3 1 6 14.0 3. 31   Rioja Sun Odyssey 509 Axel Godefroy 3 5 7 8 5 28.0 4. 42   KH+P Papacino Sun Odyssey 509 Andreas Kadelbach 7 6 6 6 3 28.0 5. 61     Xeres Sun Odyssey 509 Hans-Joachim Tigges 19/DSQ 3 4 2 1 29.0 6. 57   Painkiller 3 / Tropical Oasis SO 509 Alice Martin PhD JD 4 4 8 5 8 29.0 7. 38   Sambamba Sun Odyssey 509 Francois Kunz 19/RET 7 2 3 2 33.0 8. 64   Kadans Sun Odyssey 509 Oliver Ochse 12 13 10 7 7 49.0 9. 67   Salsa Sun Odyssey 509 Helmut Haas 5 9 9 15 13 51.0 10. 50   Klassenfahrt / Gallilee Sun Odyssey 509 Norbert Kopp 11 8 11 9 14 53.0 11. 48   Saleya Sun Odyssey 509 Martin Poulsen 6 11 15 14 10 56.0 12. 72   La Bella Vita Sun Odyssey 509 Mr. Purolnik 10 14 12 11 9 56.0 13. 43   ODIN Sun Odyssey 509 Jakob Oetiker 9 12 14 12 11 58.0 14. 25     Annie Daydreaming 50S4E Richard Wilson 8 10 13 13 15 59.0 15. 44     Lascaris 50S4E Dave Zentmyer 13 16 5 10 17 61.0 16. 60   Wind Shadow Sun Odyssey 509 Ingo Althoff 15 17 16 16 12 76.0 17. 74   Traveller III Sun Odyssey 509 Uli Dobler 14 15 17 17 16 79.0 18. 49     Sunshine 50S4E Rupert Pearson 19/RET 18 18 18 18 91.0   CSA - Bareboat 2 1. 59   Turner Dufour 500 Reudiger Margale 2 1 1 1 1 6.0 2. 54   Grande Plaisance Jenneau 53 Lowell Potiker 3 2 2 2 2 11.0 3. 33     Aquaholics / Double Trouble Sunsail 48.4 Mr. van Dop 4 4 4 6 4 22.0 4. 20   Montlouis Oceanis 485 Michel Zwahlen 5 3 5 3 8/RET 24.0 5. 52   Alba Dufour 500 GL Polish Sailing Club of New York 7 6 3 4 5 25.0 6. 53   Noa Dufour 500 GL Polish Sailing Club of New York 6 5 6 5 3 25.0 7. 35   Dalton Beneteau Oceanis 484 Felice Lojacono 1 7 8/DNS 7 6 29.0   CSA - Bareboat 3 1. 30   Le Bernin Dufour 450 Thomas Priebus 2 1 3 2 7 15.0 2. 24     Kraken Beers With Dirty 'Oars / Cerulean Quest Sunsail 4504 Russell Bertrand 3 5 1 4 3 16.0 3. 29     Maissa 46S3E Nicholas Jordan 12/RET 3 2 3 2 22.0 4. 46   KH+P Snow White III Oceanis 45 Alexander Pfeiffer 1 2 12/RET 5 4 24.0 5. 51     Scream Away / First Light 46S3E Stuart Lawrence 12/RET 4 4/RDG 6 5 31.0 6. 41   KH+P San Fredelau Oceanis 45 Melanie Rensing 4 8 6 7 8 33.0 7. 66   Sai-Sai Dufour 455 Sergey Moskovskikh 12/DNS 12/RET 12/RET 1 1 38.0 8. 65   KH+P Sea Times Oceanis 45 Volkhard Berg 12/DNS 6 5 10 6 39.0 9. 22   Solignac 46S3K Team Shambles 5 7 7 8 12/RET 39.0 10. 63   Ti Punch Oceanis 45 Faruk Furundaoturan 12/DNS 10 8 9 9 48.0 11. 47     Happy Ours Sunsail 4503E Mr. Fahrlaender 12/DNS 9 9 12/DNF 12/DNS 54.0   CSA - Bareboat 4 1. 69   KHS&S Contractors Jeanneau SO 44i Michael Cannon / Neil Harvey 1 1 1 2 2 7.0 2. 75   KH+P Cayenne Dufour 44 Martin Sager 2 2 2 1 1 8.0 3. 58   KH+P Maxwell Dufour 405 Mareike Guhr 5 4.5 3 3 3 18.5 4. 71   Texas Chute Out / Orff Harmony 42 Chris Rousseau 4 7 5 4 4 24.0 5. 21     Ada 41S3K ASD Anonima Velisti Pontini 3 4.5 6 5 6 24.5 6. 70   Texas Outhauls / Mahler Harmony 42 Don Clements 9 3 4 6 5 27.0 7. 39   Carmelo Sailing Team/Ghalazio III 41S3A Marcelo Baltzer Foucher 8 6 8 7 8 37.0 8. 27     Hawking Dufour 425 DYC Peck 7 8 7 8 9 39.0 9. 40   Candelaria Sailing Team/Sohcahtoa 41S3A Alex Lawrence 6 9 9 9 7 40.0 10. 32   KH+P Talisman Moorings 42/3 Herbert Munzel 10 10 10 10 10 50.0   Multihull 2 1. 56   Spellbound Leopard 45 Catamaran Ian Martin 1 1 2 1 5.0 2. 55   Seaduction Leopard 47 Petro Jonker 3 2 3 2 10.0 3.   Y3000 Helicat Red Custom catamaran 84 Sergey Ananov 2 3 4 4 13.0 4.   GBR 790M Bobby Dazzler Dragonfly 28S Anthony McVeigh 4 8/RET 1 3 16.0 5. 37   Certifiable Leopard /Sunsail 444 Catamaran David Avayou 5 8/RET 5 5 23.0 6. 34   Pissouri Leopard 48 Catamaran Werner Puche 7 4 8/RET 6 25.0 7. 23     Ormindo Lagoon 450 Shantar DYC 6 8/DNC 8/DNC 8/DNC 30.0   Club Class 1.   504 Tumultuous Uproar Beneteau First 42s7 Russ Whitford 1 1 2 4.0 2.   GBR 905R Xanadu X50 Simon Costain 2 2 1 5.0 3.   Belle L J Windward Petersen 44 Iain Mellows 4 3 3 10.0 4. 28   Full Monty Bavaria 42 Grahame Williams 3 4 4 11.0