Caribbean Multihull Challenge

Tradewinds filling the sails!

The 4th Edition for this multihulls-only event out of Saint Martin: the Caribbean Multihull Challenge can pride itself on having managed to keep going through the health crisis, with the regatta able to be held in 2020, in 2021 and of course this year. The cool, calm and collected American Stephen Burzon, celebrating his 81st birthday on February 4, the opening day of the regatta, has certainly had a hand in this. The organizer of the event managed to gather significant support, starting with the famous Sint Maarten Yacht Club - the club that also organizes the Heineken Regatta, which sort of sets the tone.

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Published 07/02/2022

By Emmanuel van Deth

Issue: 182

Published: mar. / apr. 2022

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Tailor-made courses out of the superb Simpson's Bay allowed all the multihulls, from the HH66 Nemo, through to the three Diam 24s entered, to enjoy the trade winds without restraint. The sailing in open water – with 5-foot (1.5 m) seas - was logically reserved for the larger multihulls. These were on the attack right from the start, with the 60 Mile Multihull Sprint, a long 60-mile leg towards Saint Barth and then the island of Tintamarre to tack round. The Bieker 53 Fujin managed to win this demanding race. Stephen hasn’t excluded the idea of adding the island of Saba as a mark of the course for next year... Either way, for the 2022 edition, a north-easterly wind established at 18/22 knots over the course of the three days of racing ensured quite a spectacle, lifting its fair share of windward hulls. There were a few irritating breakages (a main halyard, a gennaker furler), but nothing to prevent any of the 14 competitors present on the line from trying to exact revenge the following day!
Full video of the event to discover very soon on our YouTube channel.

Our video HERE

Results:
CSA 1 : 22 Tango – Schionning 51 C
CSA 2 : Seaduction – Leopard 47
CSC3 Trimaran Class : Cry Baby – Diam 24
Pirate : My Treasure - M4000

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