{"id":24531,"date":"2025-01-24T08:02:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T09:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwest.jboats.com\/?p=24531"},"modified":"2025-02-14T21:47:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T21:47:34","slug":"grenada-sailing-week-2025-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jboatssouthwest.com\/grenada-sailing-week-2025-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenada Sailing Week 2025 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Grand Anse, St. George\u2019s, 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 will be Skippers Briefing & Welcome Party in Carriacou, also welcoming the Rum to Spice feeder race from Barbados. Followed by Race Day 1 \u2013 Around Carriacou Island. Race Day 2 \u2013 Offshore from Carriacou to Grenada. On the official Lay Day the Light Keel Boat class will race around the buoys- e.g. J\/80 one-design class. Then, on Race Day 3 and Race Day 4, all classes will race around the cans on the South Coast of Grenada. Thirty teams are entered from all over the Caribbean.<\/p>\n
CHS 1 Division<\/strong> J\/80 Class<\/strong>
Sailing in this “big boat” fleet is Peter Lewis’s J\/121 WHISTLER from Barbados Yacht Club.<\/p>\n
There is a small, but growing, contingent of J\/80s in the Caribbean. For this event, a trio of teams will be vying for class honors. They include Chrystal Young’s JEDI and Mrs. Young’s JOXER, a family affair! Joining them is Chris Rundlett’s J\/STAR. All three teams are members of the host Grenada Sailing Club!<\/p>\n