We heard the island was "upscale," and before long we saw some of the neighboring boats at anchor and realized it was true.
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| "Uh, ok. This one has its own waterslide" |
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| "But this one has a nice garage" |
However, this weekend, "upscale" became an understatement because the annual "Bucket Regatta" was being held there. So it was no surprise to see 35 mega-mega yachts gathering, for 3 days of "friendly" racing around the island.
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| Nice boats, guys. |
The colorful history of this kind of racing dates back to the mid-1980's in Nantucket, where a small group of well known and very rich owners decided to settle a debate about their yachts out on the water. The event soon moved to Newport and in the mid 1990's spilled over to St. Barths as well. Needless to say, there was a lot of gawking going on along the docks!
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| OK, this one I could call home! |
Here you can see we really tried to get away from the scene at the docks. That's Susan at the beach, but, alas, in the background were, yup, more mega-yachts.
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| These boats are so big here, there's no room to swim! |
We decided to stay for the first day of racing on Friday. Spectacular scene! To really appreciate just how big these yachts are, try to pick out crew.
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| Downwind leg with Spinnakers out |
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| Day 1 winner Rosehearty races toward the line |
