The St. Lucia National Sailing Championships were successfully held last weekend, June 18 and 19th. The Championships, organized by the St. Lucia Yacht Club and sponsored by IGY Marina took place on Rodney Bay where 17 young sailors between the ages 7-17 took to the sea in their 1 man dinghies to battle high winds and great competition.
At 9:30 am on Saturday morning 9 optimist sailors and 8 laser sailors pushed their boats off the beach in anticipation of a great weekend of racing a series of 9 races each. Though clouds loomed to the north and south of Rodney Bay the conditions remained good for sailors on the water with a steady 20-25 knots of wind and only a few drops of rain during the races.
Throughout the weekend parents and friends enjoyed the races up close from the spectator boat, compliments of DSL Yachting, where one could see and admire the skills and determination of the sailors who all sailed like champions. Particularly exciting was the highly competitive laser classes with Marcus Sweeney and Stephanie Devaux-Lovell dueling for the lead in almost every race. In the Champion Optimist class Luc Chevrier dominated throughout the series .
Overall results were celebrated at the Prize Giving Ceremony which took place on Sunday afternoon at the St. Lucia Yacht Club. In the Benjamin Class ( those with only a few months’ experience) Aidan Lum Kong ( age 14) won the gold with Guillaume Chevrier(age 9) in 2nd place and Adonis Modeste (age 11) in 3rd place. In the Champion Optimist Class Luc Chevrier (12) took home the Jonathan Everett Optimist Championship Trophy after wining each of his 8 races. In 2nd place was Richard Beausoleil (11) followed by Cameron Lum Kong (12) in a competitive 3rd place.
In the laser fleets Marcus Sweeney (14) finished in 1st place, Marc Spurway (14) in 2nd and Raina Bergasse (16)in 3rd all racing in the 4.7 laser class. The radial laser class champion was Stephanie Devaux-Lovel(15) taking home the Chris Renwick Laser Championship Trophy. Scott Anthony (17) finished 2d place and Dylan Charles in 3rd place also in the radial class. Stephanie and Scott will shortly be departing St. Lucia to compete in the Volvo Youth Radial Championships in Croatia. This is the first time that St. Lucia will have two sailors in this world championship regatta. St. Lucia Sailing Association thanks the St. Lucia Olympic Committee for its support of these two young sailors as well as its continuous support of the St.. Lucia Youth Sailing Programme. Also coming up on the sailing calendar is the Premier’s Cup International Regatta in Tortola , B.V.I. from 8-10 July. St. Lucia will be sending a team of 6 sailors to compete. Marcus Sweeney will skipper the IC24 yacht with his crew; Jasia King (18), Raina Bergasse (16), Marc Spurway ( 14), Matthew St. Paul (16) and Aman Alvis ( 14).
The regatta organizing committee thanks the regatta sponsors; IGY Marina, Chris Renwick, Jonathan Everett and other friends of sailing whose contributions allowed for a very successful 2011 St. Lucia National Sailing Championship.
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