COMPETITORS WERE TREATED to stunning conditions on the opening day of the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series 2015 yesterday.
With winds up to 20 knots generally from the east-north-east, and big rolling waves, none of the crews would have complained, and the action heated up early.
The regatta, which runs until January 24, is organised by Barbados Cruising Club in association with Barbados Tourism Marketing Incorporated, and Mount Gay is the first regatta of the Caribbean racing season.
Class racing in the J/24 fleet yesterday was closer than ever with the local crews demonstrating their impressive skills. Three relatively short windward/leeward races, which kept the fleet extremely close, were held in Carlisle Bay and Robert Povey and team on Hawkeye won all three races in extremely tough, shifty conditions. (BA/PR)
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