'Back-to-School' Youth Regatta set for August 29-30 at Montagu Bay

Wed, Aug 12th 2015, 12:57 PM

As the summer sailing camps on New Providence come to a close, sloop legend Eleazor “Barber J” Johnson, captain and owner of the Campari Lady Nathalie, who introduced the popular Valentine’s Day Massacre annual event, has suggested that The Bahamas National Sailing School and the South Beach Sloop Club host a joint regatta at Montagu Bay. Both organizations view this as a fabulous idea, stating that it is a wonderful way to bring the sailing community closer and promote sailing within the schools.

The major schools expected to participate in this “Back-to-School” Youth Regatta are T.A. Thompson Junior High and C.V. Bethel Senior High. There will also be students from other government and private schools. The plan is to race optimist dinghies and sunfish sloops on Saturday August 29, and E-Class sloops on Sunday August 30.

There will be an Optimist Green Fleet (beginners) that will be coached around the course, an Optimist Championship Fleet for the more advanced sailors for kids eight to 13-years-old, and a Sunfish Fleet for the 14 to 18-year-olds.

The E-Class sloops will be raced by teams of two as assigned by the coaches in each organization. Also, after racing on Sunday, C-Class sailors will be inviting the younger sailors to join them for a fun sail. All young sailors who participated in sailing camps this summer anywhere in The Bahamas are invited to join in, and are expected to sail on both days.

Saturday’s event starts at 9 a.m. and will be held at The Bahamas National Sailing School located at the Nassau Yacht Club, immediately east of Fort Montagu. Sunday’s event will be held at Montagu Beach. Trophies will be presented to the top three finishers in each fleet and an overall first place trophy will be presented to the sailor who performs the best over the two days of competition. There will also be a trophy for the best school over the two days of sailing.

There is just over two weeks left before the sailing starts.

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