The 7th edition of the Domino’s Interschool Sailing Championship took place in St. Maarten in May 2024. A total of 44 sailors in 30 boats representing nine schools took part in four races in the Simpson Bay Lagoon.
The sailors represented these schools: Sister Regina Primary School, Learning Unlimited, Milton Peters College (MPC), CIA, Victor Hugo, All Children Educated Foundation, Seventh-day Adventist, Leonard Connor Primary School, and a homeschooled team.
In the Laser Class, four lasers raced against each other. Francener Faustin scored third place for MPC, Massimo Lapierre came in second sailing for Victor Hugo School, and Rio Stomp took the win in the Laser Class for MPC.
The Optimist Class saw ten competitors this year. Harper Treadwell, from homeschooling, finished in third position. Aden Stomp finished in second position, sailing for Sister Regina. First place went to Nathan Sheppard, sailing for Victor Hugo School.
The Sail Qube class (a plastic Optimist used by the SMYC to teach young and beginning sailors) saw six entries. Sa Shayla Cedeno finished in third place for Sister Regina. Ashni Mhesh and Benjamin Koster came in second and shared the trophy for Sister Regina. Hunter Radican took first for Learning Unlimited.
In the RS Zest Fleet six boats competed. Natalia Harry and Olive Boxshall came in third, sailing for Learning Unlimited. Luke van Holland Little and Ekamjot Singh ended in second place, sailing for Sister Regina, and Pepijn Vriezen and Gyan Kallasingh won the class, also sailing for Sister Regina.
The RS Quest Class saw four teams competing. James Lennox and Arhan Baharani came in third, sailing for Learning Unlimited. Emilien Normand and Clement Normand finished in second, sailing for Victor Hugo. Alex Speetjens and Dax Henriquez won, sailing for MPC.
Overall school trophies, in which the results of the best-performing boats per school were added and compared, were as follows:
1. Victor Hugo 1009.7 points
2. Sister Regina 987.1 points
3. Milton Peters College 974 points
4. Learning Unlimited 951.2 points
5. CIA 784.5 points
6. Leonard Connor 669 points
7. Homeschool 529.3 points
8/9. Seventh-day Adventists and ACE Foundation, 186.7 points each.
