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Crew Space on Salona 45 – Panacea X for Antigua Sailing Week 2027

Cost

$2,450 USD

Event dates

21st Apr 2027 - 25th Apr 2027

What's included

The price includes; 2 training days before the regatta, a professional skipper and mate, all boat and race costs.
Additional costs include flights, transfers, meals and accommodation ashore and personal insurance.
\*Discounts are available for combined event packages.

What to expect

Antigua Sailing Week – with a twist! The name is the same as the iconic 50-year-old event, but the format underwent a major makeover in 2026 which proved hugely successful. We can’t wait to participate in the reimagined ASW in 2027: island rally style. The new format is a blend of fun and friendly racing with rally cruising, taking the fleet from point to point in a gorgeous 4 day tour of Antigua- complete with sunset beach prizegiving parties each night!

The team will be as competitive as they can be but safety will come first, followed by providing a positive learning environment where everyone can develop their skills and enjoy the experience. Expect to be pushed to achieve your best, to expand your skill set and truly challenge yourself, with ongoing support from your professional skipper and first mate.

As part of the Youth 2 Keelboat programme (organised by ASW and Antigua Sailing Association to encourage Antiguan youth to continue on from their dinghy racing and enter into the world of yacht racing), for the last 2 years, Panacea X have welcomed an Antiguan youth onboard as integral member of the team and look forward to doing so again in 2027.

Itinerary

Tuesday, April 20th: Training Day, followed by Reggae In The Park (famous music fest!)
Wednesday, April 21st: Move on board Panacea X. Skipper’s Briefing & welcome party
Thursday, April 22nd: Race Day 1 from English Harbour to Green Island. Anchor, swim, enjoy the sunset!
Friday, April 23rd: Race Day 2 from Green Island to Little Jumby Island. Anchor, swim, enjoy the sunset!
Saturday, April 24th: Race Day 3: Little Jumby Island to Ffreys Beach. Guess what? Anchor, swim, enjoy, repeat!
Sunday, April 25th: Final day of racing, from Ffreys to English Harbour. Full season-end prize giving ceremony & epic party in Nelson’s Dockyard. Move off Panacea X.

*Possible to combine with other Caribbean race events and/or a passage to Trinidad. Contact us for full details.

Crew information

Katy Campbell is owner and skipper of Panacea X and Ben is First Mate. Katy has raced with winning crews in Canada, Europe and the Caribbean on successful campaigns including the Vancouver Area Racing Championship circuit, the VanIsle 360, the Rolex Fastnet and qualifying events, the Rolex Middle Sea Race, a one-design European Championship campaign, and the Caribbean racing circuit. She has coached hundreds of keen new and experienced sailors to success in similar events.

Ben has been sailing since he was just 2 weeks old! He was just 15 years old for his first ocean race, logging serious miles in the VicMaui aboard a Santa Cruz 50 and after racing lasers at a high level went on to become a Sail Canada coach.

Prerequisite experience

This opportunity is open to sailors with a range of sailing experience. The professional crew have experience in bringing together a crew of mixed experience to make sure everyone is actively involved in racing the yacht.

Where

Antigua Sailing Week starts from offshore English & Falmouth Harbours on the South Coast of Antigua.

There are good international connections to Antigua with direct flights from many major airports via British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, U.S Airlines, Delta, American Airlines and Continental Airlines.

Accommodation

Panacea X will be in Falmouth prior to the event. Crew require their own accommodation on shore before moving aboard on Wednesday, April 21 and after moving off the boat on Sunday, April 25.

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