Booby Island Regatta 2022 — Nevis Aquatic and Sailing Center

SUCCESS!

Sunday, May 1st the Nevis Aquatic and Sailing Center was proud to host the 10th Booby Island Regatta led by Captain Miles Denne. Yachts and hobies raced a course in the narrows between St Kitts and Nevis including going around namesake Booby Island.

Overall cup winners were team Quandale Dingle on a Hobie Wave Catamaran.

The afternoon was spent with great company, drinks thanks to Clifton Estate Rum, live music thanks to Greenhouse band, pizzas and burgers from Alejandro, raffle prizes thanks to many sponsors and donors all to benefit the Center’s next phase in site improvement.

Thanks to all who came out and joined in on the fun and festive atmosphere! Look for this event to be held again next year!

Full results:

Overall winner: Team Quandale Dingle, Amadi Hendrickson and Ricardo Caines

Monohull Line Honors: Revenge

Monohull Adjusted Time Winner: The Moo

Big Balls Prize: Capsize Kings Dr William Stones and Rupert Harbinson

Booby Prize: Belano

Under 14: RipTides (Melroy Henry, Emily Samaroo, Skyla Connor)

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.

Check out the races below and register to enter. Registrations accepted up to 10:00 am the morning of the regatta.

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.

10:00am Skippers Meeting. Race Start 11:00am

$75 xcd to enter. Register Here

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.

Race Start 11:00am.

$40xcd to enter. Register Here

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. 10:00am Skippers Meeting. Race Start 11:00am

$75 xcd to enter booby island course.

Hobie Wave 2 person crew

Hobie Getaway-3 adult crew or 2 adult 2 children