2024
Save the Dates: The Long Island Regatta will be sailed June 5-8th, 2024. Don’t miss it! My photos of Stefan Knowles, the Bahamian Sloop Sailer called "Tripple Crown" because he has won the national championship in all three sloop classes. Stefan is blazing fast because he sails "on the edge of control." This design will be printed on tumblers and sold to support the Bahamian Long Island Sloop Regatta. These regattas are so much fun!
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Getting the Formula Right: Significant vessels are falling apart before our eyes… Entrants are vanishing from Wooden Boat events in droves…. Timber yachts prices are plummeting… Respect for maritime traditions is disappearing down the sewer of short attention spans and social media…
RUBBISH!
Save the Dates: The 69th Annual National Family Island Regatta will be sailed April 22-26th, 2025. Don’t miss it!
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The National Family Island Regatta is the largest and oldest of the 22 yearly Bahamian wooden racing sloop regattas. This year’s NFIR regatta, the first since sailing became the national sport of the Bahamas, was sailed in Elizabeth Harbor in George Town, Exuma, Bahamas from April 23-26.
Regatta Time: Download the NFIR App from your phone’s App Store. Watch live, get up-to-the minute scores, latest news, meet the skippers, and vote for your favorite boat. NFIR is the first use of my Bahamian Wooden Racing Sloop photos in a phone app!
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by Rob Kelly of Daily Doc “I was so pumped after watching “Around Cape Horn” and “The Race to Alaska” that I started a list of all the best documentaries on sailing I could find.”
by Jan Pehrson, shown here with Bahamian film director Charlie Bahama “My personal favorite is the 5th on Rob Kelly’s list. “Pull and Away: National Family Island Regatta”
Well, blow me down with a sea breeze and serve me up a Goombay Smash—the “National Family Island Regatta” is a salty, swashbuckling romp!
What’s not to love about this annual tradition off the shores of George Town, Exuma in the Bahamas?