Caribbean: 23 completely different groups from 6 Caribbean Islands will compete within the 2023 Caribbean Dinghy Championship (CDC), an initiative by the Caribbean Sailing Affiliation. The occasion shall be hosted this 12 months in Martinique by Cercle Nautique de Schoelcher on Sunday.
The sailors will compete within the following courses: ILCA 7, ILCA 6, ILCA 4, Optimist and the Fusion as a duo-handed boat.
The sailors will compete for particular person outcomes per fleet, and collectively, they may compete for the ‘Nations Cup’, deciding which Caribbean Island achieves one of the best staff outcomes.
In 2022, the CDC was held by the Sint Maarten Yacht Membership, the place Antigua took the Nations Cup residence. They’re the staff to observe, as they received the Nations Cup as effectively in 2019.
Within the 2023 version of the CDC we’ll see the next groups; The Antigua Yacht Membership, representing Antigua; the Sint Maarten Yacht Membership, representing Sint Maarten, St Kitts Yacht Membership and the Nevis Aquatic and Crusing Middle, representing St Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago Crusing Academy; representing Trinidad and Tobago, Membership Set Sail and the Barbados Crusing Affiliation representing Barbados and naturally a staff from Martinique with sailors from Cercle Nautique de Schoelcher, Le Robert, Fort de France and Le Marin.
Crew Antigua is represented in all ILCA courses, with Shanoy Malone racing within the ILCA 7, Ozani Lafond crusing the ILCA 6, Emily Gaillard crusing ILCA 4 and Patrick Greensmith racing within the Optimist class.
Crew Sint Maarten shall be represented by the commodore of the Yacht Membership, Frits Bus, racing within the ILCA 7, Emma Lennox in ILCA 6, Rio Stomp in ILCA 4, Veronica Destin and Oskar Jarret Versteegden within the Fusion class and Nathan Sheppard within the Optimist class.
Trinidad and Tobago ship 6 sailors to Martinique to characterize their nation, Josiah Alexis in ILCA 7, Stefan Stuven in ILCA 6, Kyle Dj’Juran in ILCA 4, Issac Modeste and Levi Browne within the Fusion class and Sariyah Stoute within the Optimist class.
Nickhail Rogers will sail for St Kitts and Nevis within the ILCA 7, along with Amadi Bryson Hendrickson within the ILCA 6.
Barbados shall be represented by Joseph Whealan within the ILCA 6 and Savannah Stuart within the ILCA 4. Supervisor of the staff, Zach Stewart, commented; “We’re very excited to be right here. After COVID we’ve seen a lower within the curiosity in dinghy crusing at Barbedos, however the final 12 months we see progress once more. We’re blissful to have the ability to be part of the 2023 CDC”.
The internet hosting nation Martinique shall be represented by 6 sailors, Bruno Aglae in ILCA 7, Marius Malody in ILCA 6, Luka Moreau D’Hallene in ILCA 4, Camillo Sosa and Nicolas Sevan within the Fusion and Luka Rose Eloise within the Optimist class.
On October 26, the opening ceremony of the 2023 Caribbean Dinghy Championship was celebrated in Martinique. The President of the Cercle Nautique de Schoelcher, Olivier Rene Corail welcomed all of the groups and emphasised the significance of the hyperlink between the Caribbean Islands, as we’re all neighbours.
Corail launched the officers supporting this occasion; Gerard Josepha, President of the League de Voile Martinique, Race Officer Gustave Honore Lavaly and President of the jury Alain Leoture. A particular welcome was given by Enrico Arsiene, the minister of Sport and training on Martinique. Arsiene welcomed all of the groups to Martinique and talked about his first crusing regatta was the 1988 Caribbean Dinghy Championship in Barbados, within the wind surf class.
All nations introduced their sailors and the three day racing occasion will start tomorrow.
“It will likely be a difficult regatta for the race committee, as there may be gentle wind predicted, mixed with rain. This implies technical and tactical expertise, mixed with endurance and boat management, shall be wanted to preform on the highest of the fleet” Mentioned Man de Chavigny, supervisor of the Cerle Nautique de Schoelcher.
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