Superyachts & The Commodores Cup

Last week the majestic J Class, this week the Commodores Cup and the Superyacht Cup. The "Who's Who" read like a Caribbean Regatta - with weather to match. Some of the worlds most beautiful, Athos, Adela, Drumfire, and some of the fastest Leopard, and Mari Cha III, were racing. Also tucked away was Coral, rescued from the mangroves, and last seen in Antigua.

Under empty blue skies, and pushed along by gentle breezes, the Commodores cup was also under way. Seven teams from Hong Kong, France, Benelux, and the UK were battling it out.

Everyone was here, the great and the good, and several others too, even the Queen made a visit.

I had been drafted in as a Race Officers for the week. Sometime we started the races on the Royal Yacht Squadron Line, others started from a committee boat, and often we were the finish boat. You can always restart a race - but you may only finish it once - we had to get it right.

With the light winds and strong tides, the racing was a tactical affair. We watched, we waited, we fished. Plenty of mackeral, lots of dogfish.... and the sun shone too.