GREAT BAY--- Dark Shadows won the St. Maarten/St. Martin Traditional Boat Race from Great Bay to Simpson Bay and back. Stay Up 2 finished second and was followed by Alma Gloria and F5 Tornado.
Visitors and locals were seen taking pictures and chatting with the crewmembers. One tourist actually crewed on Stay Up 2 and loved the experience.
The race started at 2:00pm. Taking the lead out of the harbor was Dark Shadows.
Sponsoring the race were Government of St. Maarten, Windward Islands Bank Ltd and Taloula Mangos.
The Coast Guards followed the race from start to finish making sure all sailors were safe.
