Just four more days to the 40th Antigua Sailing Week, but a busy social program begins today with the English Harbour Rum Crew Ball in Nelsons Dockyard.
Then, at Shirley Heights, on Sunday, 29 April, 2007, spectators can enjoy a local breakfast to the rhythm of a steel band, while being treated to spectacular views of two hundred boats starting a week of racing.
Labels: 2007, Antigua, Antigua Sailing Week
This year is the 40th
Antigua Sailing Week, it began in 1967 with a small group of local yachts and has grown to become one of the world's top regattas.
Today, the event attracts over 1,500 participants to the blue Caribbean waters around Antigua, including many of the worlds leading sailors and more than 200 competing boats. 5,000 spectators will enjoy the spectacle of some of the world?s largest and fastest yachts racing against each other in an annual duel.
Antigua Sailing Week runs from 29 April through to the 4 May, 2007.
Labels: Antigua, Antigua Sailing Week, sailing
