Antigua wins seventh straight Nations Cup at Caribbean Dinghy Championship
Antigua won its seventh straight Nations Cup as nearly 70 sailors raced in the 30th Caribbean Dinghy Championship in Simpson Bay.
The Sint Maarten Yacht Club hosted the 30th Caribbean Dinghy Championship in Simpson Bay from Friday 23 October to Sunday 25 October. The Caribbean Sailing Association-sanctioned event drew nearly 70 sailors from nine nations, competing on more than 50 boats in seven classes.
Antigua won the Nations Cup with 4,427.5 points, its seventh title in a row. Sint Maarten finished second with 4,155.1 points and Trinidad and Tobago was third with 3,821.2 points. The Nations Cup standings used each country's five highest-scoring classes.
Sint Maarten's Rio Stomp and Dax Henriquez won the RS Quest class. Nathan Sheppard was listed as the Optimist winner, while Massimo Lapierre placed third in ILCA 6. Axel and Louisa Vanden Eynde were second in RS Zest. In Sun Fast 20, Garth Steyn and crew on IGY Racing placed second, while Flynn Hiddes and crew placed third.
File photo: Airman 1st Class Kerelin Molina / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · cropped, SXM Today mark added
