Click on the picture to read more!! Winning the 2022 Bahamian Triple Crown. The 2022 Best of the Best Bahamian wooden racing sloop regatta was sailed on December 4 in windy, challenging conditions. Sailing these hugely overpowered boats so close to the edge is like balancing on a tight rope – one mistake and the game is over.
Read MoreScuttlebutt Sailing News, Sheltering from Nicole in the Mangroves
Click on the picture to read more!! Sailing Photojournalist Jan Pehrson was caught unexpectedly on the 36-foot sailboat “Slowpoke” directly in the path of Hurricane Nicole, a rare November hurricane that made landfall on the Florida East Coast with 70-75 mph winds. This is her first person account.
Read MoreSail-World Cruising, Hurricane Nicole Onboard Diary
Click on the picture to read more!! Sailing Photojournalist Jan Pehrson was caught unexpectedly on the 36-foot sailboat "Slowpoke" directly in the path of Hurricane Nicole, a rare November hurricane making landfall on the Florida East Coast with 70-75 mph winds.
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Read MoreSailor's Choice Restaurant Sign, Nassau
Click on the picture to read more!! Sailor’s Choice Restaurant & Bar Opens in Nassau - .... Stop by to hang out and eat and drink with Bahamian Wooden Sloop Sailors and Owners.
In the Bahamas, families have traditionally been large, so most Bahamians enjoy networks of first family, extended family, cousins, and friends. When Deno Albury reopened his family-owned waterfront restaurant at 307 East Bay St, Nassau, he chose a theme of community. He hung my Bahamian wooden sloop photos on the walls, and brough in trophies from home won by Deno’s family sloop “Good News.” Deno created Sailor’s Choice -- a hangout for sailors and an informal yacht club.
Read MoreScuttlebutt Sailing News, 53rd Long Island Bahamas Regatta
Click on the picture to read more!! 53rd Long Island Bahamas Regatta…
After a three-year government imposed pause to protect Bahamians from the spread of Covid-19, it is Regatta Time again in Long Island, Bahamas. Long Island, Bahamas is not to be confused with Long Island, New York, as this island in the Bahamas has less than 2000 inhabitants, is 57 miles long, and is nowhere wider than four miles. It is legendary for its wooden boat builders and powerful racing sailors.
Read MoreSailing Magazine, Splashes Section
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Splashes: A prince and his duchess race Bahamian sloops in a heated competition. The 17-foot Class-C Bahamian sloops get set to round the mark. Read about a royal visit to the most popular racing in Bahamas.
Read MoreAll At Sea Carribean Magazine, UK Royals try Sloops
Click on the picture to read more!! UK Royals William and Kate try Bahamian Sloop Racing!
The UK Royals sampled the Crown Jewel of Bahamian sports when they had a chance to go sloop racing during their week-long tour to the region in March, as part of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubalee Year. Interestingly, it was the sailors that got the best pictures of their royal crew members up close and personal.
Read MoreDaniel Caldwell Oil Painting →
This 4-foot by 6-foot oil painting is derived from my photo of racing C-Class Bahamian Wooden Sloops. Click on the picture to see artist Daniel Caldwell’s website. I love how he was faithful to my image but, working in oils, made it abstract and rich and powerful. I look forward to Daniel painting more of my images of the sloops.
Read MoreScuttlebutt Sailing News, Royal Regatta
Click on the picture to read more!! Young British royals, Prince William and Kate Middleton, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, race against each other in Bahamian Wooden Sloops in Nassau. Taking a break from their tour of the Carribean, the likely future King and Queen of England have some fun sailboat racing with local Bahamian crews.
Read MoreSail-World.com, Royal Regatta
Click on the picture to read more!! Young British royals, Prince William and Kate Middleton, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, race against each other in Bahamian Wooden Sloops in Nassau. Taking a break from their tour of the Carribean, the likely future King and Queen of England have some fun sailboat racing with local Bahamian crews.
Read MoreMasters of the Sea: Regatta and Sailing Tradition in The Bahamas
Click on the picture to read more!! This book is a publication of the Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs of the Bahamas. Authored and designed by Patricia Glinton-Meicholas and Neko Meicholas, Masters of the Sea tells the story of regattas and sailing in The Bahamas.
Read MoreRule69blog, Swiss Roll
Click on the picture to read more!! A grey morning on a misty Lake Geneva did little to dampen what was a stunning presentation of the new Alinghi Red Bull Racing Team who brought the Cup alive ushering in a whole new generation whilst keeping a strong link to an astronomically successful past. Read here Rule69blog by Magnus Wheatley.
Read MoreSailboat Racing Bahamian Style Presentation
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Sailing Photojournalist Jan Pehrson presents Bahamian Racing for the Richmond Yacht Club Speaker Series. Since 2014, Jan has been photographing and writing about Bahamian Wooden Racing Sloops. See her amazing photographs and learnings from her immersion in this unique racing culture which as been described as the Kentucky Derby, Homecoming and Super bowl all rolled into one, and has now replaced cricket as the national sport of the Bahamas. Learn about Bahamian Sloop Regattas, Bahamian Sailing Racing Rules, Bahamian Sloop Wooden Boat Building, Bahamian Sloop Art, History of Bahamian Sloops, and more.
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Remembering Hartman "Pluck" McKenzie, Rest in Peace 2021
PLUCK'S LAST RIDE. This much loved Bahamian sailor was buried in Rolleville, Exuma, Bahamas today. These are the Family Islands, known as the friendliest in the Bahamas. Large families of cousins race against each other in wooden sailing sloops that have been in their families for generations. These families are so generous they have adopted me, making me one of Pluck's dozens of cousins. Today Pluck's cousins and shipmates, pulling the family sloop “Fugative” as a hearse, carried his coffin through the streets of Rolleville. In his memory, a Bahamian printer and graphic artist made "Pluck buttons" and "Pluck mugs" from my photo of Pluck doing what he loved, sailing “Fugative” fast!
The History of Sailing in the Bahamas
The Story of Sailing Part Five: Should Sailing be the National Sport of The Bahamas?
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Fifth in a five-part TV series, “The Story of Sailing” in the Bahamas.
The Bahamas Ministry of Agriculture presents The History of Sailing in The Bahamas, shown on Bahamian TV Station, ZNS Network
Read MoreThe Story of Sailing Part Four: Youth and Women in Sailing (The Future of the Sport)
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Fourth in a five-part TV series, “The Story of Sailing” in the Bahamas.
The Bahamas Ministry of Agriculture presents The History of Sailing in The Bahamas, shown on Bahamian TV Station, ZNS Network
Read MoreThe Story of Sailing Part Three: The Story of Sailing "On Da Water"
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Third in a five-part TV series, “The Story of Sailing” in the Bahamas.
The Bahamas Ministry of Agriculture presents The History of Sailing in The Bahamas, shown on Bahamian TV Station, ZNS Network
Read MoreThe Story of Sailing Part Two: The History of Sailing in the Bahamas Part 2
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Second in a five-part TV series, “The Story of Sailing” in the Bahamas.
The Bahamas Ministry of Agriculture presents The History of Sailing in The Bahamas, shown on Bahamian TV Station, ZNS Network
Read MoreThe Story of Sailing Part One: The History of Sailing in the Bahamas
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First in a five-part TV series, “The Story of Sailing” in the Bahamas.
The Bahamas Ministry of Agriculture presents The History of Sailing in The Bahamas, shown on Bahamian TV Station, ZNS Network
Read MoreSail-World.com, A Hail From Optimist Team Bahamas
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by Erin Tomlinson & Robert Dunkley; Photos and Drone Video by JanPehrson.com
A hail from Optimist Team Bahamas to all our Opti friends, many of whom assisted tremendously after OptiNAM 2019 in helping to rebuild some of our fleets in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorion.
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