Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua Basic Regatta 2024 is all set to welcome Rita which belongs to Tommy Patterson’s Antigua-based, Yachting World Diamond firm. In 1958 the editors of Yachting World Journal proposed a high-performance crusing yacht that could possibly be constructed cheaply from fashionable supplies that had been then coming into frequent use.
Definitive plans for the multi-chine, planning yacht had been subsequently drawn up by well-known crusing dinghy designer Jack Holt, and the primary one was inbuilt 1961.
Rita adopted two years later when she was inbuilt 1963 by Bristol Plane for an Englishman who lived in Dominica. The yacht was shipped throughout the Atlantic and whereas primarily based in Dominica it grew to become one of many first opponents in Antigua Crusing Week again within the late 60s.
Serge Chermeriteff purchased the yacht round 1975 and moved to Antigua the place the yacht was saved for years on the previous Fullers Slipway in St. Johns. She was on the arduous when Hurricane Luis hit in 1995 and was blown over, dismasted, and badly broken throughout the storm.
Tommy purchased the yacht in its broken state shortly after the storm and the boat sat on a trailer till 2017 when Sir Hugh Bailey was contracted to revive it at his boatyard in Falmouth Harbour, Antigua. The restoration included a rig from a dragon, and her keel and rudder had been modified. Now in Bristol situation, the Rita is again for its fourth Antigua Basic Yacht Regatta.
Antigua Basic Yacht Regatta is all set to happen from April 17 to 22, 2024 with a distinct lineup of the occasions. The occasions will embrace Race 2 Butterfly and Caterpillar which can be attended by the yachts from throughout the globe.
The free comfortable hour may even be included within the occasions of the yacht membership which may even characteristic the gifted musicians and Parade of the Classics on the water aspect of the occasions centre.
