SIMPSON BAY--Thirteen teams split into two fleets to race in the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta Warm Up on Sunday. . In the Diam Fleet, nine teams battled it out, with five teams from Texas and four local ones. The Texas teams had just wrapped up two days of training led by Pierre Altier and Sam Peeks. The second fleet, CSA 1, included three local boats and one from Germany, all racing in the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta as well. The weather was very good for sailing, around 14 knots of southwest wind. “It was a really nice day for a keelboat race. I enjoyed being the race officer, and I think this was a nice conclusion to my era of being a race officer at Sint Maarten,” said Wessel Tangenberg, race officer, and sailing instructor at the Sint Maarten Yacht Club. The race officer started and finished three races in the Diam Fleet, Team Wet Farts ended in third place, Team Salva Vida came in second, and Team Merlin ended in first place. The CSA 1 Fleet completed 4 races. Team IWW took the win followed by Team Budget Marine and Solstice in third place. The St. Maarten Heineken Regatta Warm Up is the third event of the in total five of the Sint Maarten Yacht Club's Grant Thornton Season Championship. The next keelboat race will be held on May 5.
