Paul Cayard at the St. Barth's Bucket
by Paul Cayard 19 Mar 2018 04:44 PDT
15-18 March 2018
Three days of racing in the Caribbean for 25 Super Yachts concluded on Sunday with a 8-10 knots race, clockwise around the island.
For us on Rosehearty, it was quite a different week. Many of our usual competitors like Seahawk and Perseus were not in attendance this year. Zenji and ourselves ended up grouped in class D with three yachts who weigh 1/3 of our weight. There was no contest. The winner was Hap Fauth's Whisper. Whisper and Blue Too beat us on average by 20 minutes each day. A bit of a change for us as we had won our class that last two years here.
Four years on with the same core team on Rosehearty and our crew work and manoeuvrers just keep getting better. Today we actually started a drop, in a super yacht, when the bow was at the mark. That's a first. Hats off to the crew of Rosehearty!
In other classes, Svea won the J class while Nilaya won Class A over Visione. The Class B winner was Sojana, Class C Farfalla, and Class E Missy.
Sailing in St. Barth's is truly a special privilege. Off to San Francisco now. Looking forward to being home.