Ten teams competed in the fourth Lagoonies Regatta.
COLE BAY--Frits Bus and his team of Joep Groenendijk and Luke Bacon won the fourth edition of the Lagoonies Regatta June 30.
Ten teams shared the four Irma surviving boats. Fifteen races were sailed back to back in very light wind for periods which suddenly exploded into heavy breeze often from a different direction. The participating teams had to suddenly adjust their trim and the successful teams were able to better anticipate and react to the changes.
Second was “Lightning” team of Garth Steyn, Jolyon Ferron and Alex Scarabelli. The point difference was created in the last race these teams sailed each other and involved a dramatic change of position that defined the final overall result.
Third place went to Petro Jonker and his team “Lightweights” which included Pieter and Paul Soons. They tied on points with the French team led by Mathias Herest, which tie was broken by the number of wins each team had.
Race officer was previous winner Bernard Sillem, while Rien Korteknie served as on the water informal jury. Event sponsors were the host Lagoonies Bistro, Mount Gay Rum, Budget Marine who provided boats and prizes, Aquamania who provided the change boat Santino, Kids At Sea who provided the start boat Moondance and Pelikaan beer who provided their locally produced craft beer to competitors at the prize giving .
