Regatta Time In Abaco 

We returned from the Bahamas a couple of weeks ago where we participated in the 42nd Annual Abacos Regatta Race Week (RTIA). We had ten days of unadulterated fun while competing in four races from different islands each time, several lay days in between and a Cheeseburger party at the end of the week on Fiddle Cay. Few of the participants have ever raced before and even though we all talked tough in the pub, nobody took himself or herself too seriously.

However when all the multihulls gathered at the start line of each race, you could feel the tension. There was a Catana 58, a Wharram 58, two Lagoon 450 Sportops, a Lucia 40, a Fountain Pajot 43 and two trimarans, among others. It was quite a mish mash of multihulls and even though we all swore that it is “just a fun event”, we all wanted to win! So, needless to say, every crew strategized and planned and gave it their all. The winds were light and all the crews pulled out every trick in the book to make the heavy cruising catamarans move faster.