Barbados in the Caribbean – one of the most popular destinations for superyachts

The lovely Caribbean yacht charter destination – Barbados is proving to be one of the most popular locations for superyachts. This season, it has hosted such outstanding vessels as the 133m mega yacht Serene, the 82m motor yacht Secret, as well as the 60m sailing yacht Seahawk.

First Class Healthy Dining aboard Caribbean catamaran charter yacht MATAU

Luxury sailing catamaran MATAU’s Chef Robin Thompson’s 2nd place in the Antigua Yacht Show Healthy Dinner Competition and Stewardess Casey Barnes’ 1st place for table setting make MATAU an excellent choice when it comes to selecting an excellent sailing catamaran for your next Caribbean Christmas or Winter holiday.

The Caribbean Sailing Association measurers gather in Antigua to review CSA rule

CSA measurers met in Antigua last week to review the CSA rules ahead of the 2013 racing season.

Mount Gay Rum to support Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week as the official ‘Regatta Rum’

Mount Gay Rum once again comes back as supporting sponsor of this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week yacht regatta, providing both Mount Gay Eclipse Rum as well as Mount Gay Extra Old Rum to a number of events and organising consumer, trade and yachting press.

Special ‘All Inclusive’ deal for the Charter Yacht BLISS in the Caribbean

Luxury Sailing Yacht BLISS, designed by Dubois Naval Architects and built by Yachting Developments in News Zealand, is currently offering and excellent ‘All Inclusive’ deal for the remainder of the winter charter season in the Caribbean.

76th Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race

The 76th Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race, held on Saturday 21st Jannuary 2012 has reported six records broken and six skippers winning their weight in Extra Old Mount Gay Rum.

Lord Dholakia presents Barbados Cruising Club Event

Lord Dholakia hosted the Barbados Cruising Club Event promoting links between the two countries and launching the ‘2012 76th Anniversary Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race’ and the ‘1st Classic Transatlantic Race to Barbados.’

The 2012 Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race open for entries

The 2012 Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race organized by the Barbados Cruising Club in association with Mount Gay Rum and The Barbados Tourism Authority is […]

75th Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race 2011: Award Winning Cinematographer to Film Barbados and Sailing yacht Elena

The 75th anniversary Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race, to be held on 21st January 2011 will be the first sporting event in Barbados to be covered by award winning cinematographer Rick Deppe.

Schooner Elena to compete in the Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race 2011

Sailing yacht Elena intends to start her commemorative “centennial tour” by competing in the Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race 2011 and hopes to break the schooner Sea Fox’s record.

The 2011 Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Sailing Race Regatta

The race around Barbados dates back to the 19th century and is based upon bragging rights for the fastest “Trading Schooner”. This was a prize worth its weight in gold to captains in an era where prices for cargo arriving ahead of rival ships commanded a massive premium. Whilst most boats sailed for the honor of the fastest time, the consolation prize of a barrel of Mount Gay Rum for the slowest certainly spurred on some captains, and had to be discontinued after two boats remained out at sea for days stalling to take the prize.