Antigua Sailing Week
During the last week of April each year, over 100 yachts gather in English and Falmouth Harbour to participate in Antigua Sailing Week, one of the Caribbean’s most prestigious regattas. The event attracts all types of yachts from serious racing boats including state-of-the-art, high-tech racing machines to a variety of performance cruiser and cruising boats and even features a Club Class for less serious racers who want to be part of the on-the-water action.
For five days crews are challenged with a variety of coastal race courses encouraging tacking duels around the buoys – all in the picture-perfect setting of the deep blue Caribbean Sea off Antigua’s south coast with the ever-present trade winds. The idyllic racing is matched by a full onshore schedule including daily prize-giving at Antigua Yacht Club, a midweek lay day at Pigeon Point Beach where you can enjoy hot barbecues, cold beers and fun games throughout the day and culminating in Dockyard Day and the final awards presentation in Nelson’s Dockyard.
Schedule
Saturday – Peters & May Round Antigua Race and prize-giving
Sunday – Race Day 1 and prize-giving
Monday – Race Day 2 and prize-giving
Tuesday – Race Day 3 and prize-giving
Wednesday – Lay day
Thursday – Race Day 4 and prize-giving
Friday – Race Day 5 and prize-giving, final prize-giving party
Nowadays, year on year, the regatta attracts an impressive variety of yachts, the size of yacht ranges from 24 feet to well over the 100ft mark. This event also does not discriminate on the type of yacht available, its attendees include everything from serious state-of-the-art racing yachts with cutting edge technology to an assortment of performance cruising and cruising yachts, even featuring a “Club Class” for less competitive racers who want to get on the water and get involved.
