J/Crews Enjoy Gorgeous, Windy Grenada Sailing Week

(Grand Anse, St. George’s, Grenada, West Indies)- Hosted by the Grenada Sailing Club, the Grenada Sailing Week is an exciting 6-day event for sailors who enjoy and love sailing in the eastern Caribbean in the “Windward Islands”. The format is fun and easygoing. The first day was the 30.0nm Around Carriacou Island. Then, day two was the Offshore from Carriacou to Grenada. On day three, it was Lay Day for big boats and small keelboat classes doing short buoy races- e.g. the J/80 one-design class. Then, the last two days are around the cans on the South Coast of Grenada for the entire fleet. Thirty teams were entered from all over the Caribbean.

CHS 1 Division
Sailing in this “big boat” fleet was Peter Lewis’s J/121 WHISTLER from Barbados Yacht Club. Loving the conditions, the WHISTLER boys cleaned house and walked off with the division win!

J/80 Class
There is a small, but growing, contingent of J/80s in the Caribbean. A trio of teams fought for class honors. They include Chrystal Young’s JEDI and Mrs. Young’s all-women team on JOXER, a family affair! Joining them was Chris Rundlett’s J/STAR.

All three teams are members of the host Grenada Sailing Club! In the end, it was Chrystal Young’s JEDI winning, counting four bullets in their seven-race scoreline. Second went to the all-women’s team on Ms. Young’s JOXER, then rounding out the podium Chris Rundlett’s J/STAR in third place.

For more Grenada Sailing Week regatta information
https://grenadasailingweek.com/