The Grenada Workboat Regatta Youth Sailing Event is a part of the Grenada Sailing Festival Heritage Work Boat Regatta, held this year on February 2-3. The event honors the working tradition of Grenada, and features traditional fishing boats from all over the island, competing in Le Mans style sailing race. The junior event featured four Lasers, three Optimists, and six Mosquitos sailing multiple rounds to make sure everyone got a chance to race. Festivities included a beach party complete with barbecue, a local DJ, and traditional steel pan music.
Lexi Fisher was there and contributes this photo essay.
The annual event is open to all of Grenada’s youth sailing programs and intends to attract participants from Carriacou and Grenada’s northern communities in the coming years.
February 18: Petite Calivigny Yacht Club (PCYC) Commodore Richard St. John helps members of the Junior Sailing Program rig an Optimist for the collaborative event between the Grenada Workboat Regatta, PCYC, and the Grenada Sailing Association.Sails snap in the wind as Lasers sit on the beach, ready for the day’s fleet racing in a gusty 13-27 knot northeasterly. Though Lasers were mostly popular with the older youth, the sailing program’s members range in age from 9 to 18. Optimists cross the finish line backed by the historic capital of St. George’s. The Grand Anse-based event gives youth a chance to gain experience in a new setting and race against new rivals.
Around 30 youths from three of Grenada’s youth sailing programs: PCYC; the Woburn Wind Warriors; and the Gouyave Sailing School gather on Grand Anse Beach in the late morning.
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