Schedule
of Events 2011
Wednesday April
20th
2:00pm - 5:00pm Pre-registration of Yachts -
Frangipani Hotel
(20% discount on Entry Fee for fully completed
entries)
Thursday April
21st
11:00am - 3:30pm Registration of Yachts - Frangipani
Hotel
(Please register in good time.)
5:30pm Yacht Skippers’ Briefing - Frangipani
Hotel
Friday April
22nd- First Day of Yacht Races
10:00am Start of Friendship Bay Yacht & J24 Races
in Admiralty Bay; finish in Lower Bay
4:00pm Registration of Fishing Boats at
Kenneth Allick’s shop, La Pompe
4.30pm Fishing Boats Skippers’ Briefing at
Kenneth Allick’s shop, La Pompe
5:30pm Bequia Sailing Club and Sponsors’
Welcome Party at the Race Headquarters,
Frangipani
Hotel
for race participants and Sailing Club members.
Yacht races results and daily prize-giving.
Saturday April
23rd - First Day of Fishing Boat Races
9:00am Start of this day’s J24 UNITED
INSURANCE 3- RACE CHALLENGE
10:00am Start of Around Bequia Yacht Race in
Admiralty Bay; finish in Lower Bay
11:30am Start of first Fishing Boat Race - the
HEINEKEN CHALLENGE at Lower Bay;
finish
off
the
wharf
at Paget Farm
(start
time approx)
5:30pm Bequia Sailing Club and Sponsors’ Get
Together Party at Sailors Cafe,
Ocar
(dinghy
dock
nearby)
for race participants and Sailing Club members. Yacht
races results and daily prize-giving.
Sunday April
24th - Lay Day at Lower Bay & Bequia Beach Hotel, Friendship Beach
8:30am Start of HEINEKEN Single-handed Around
Bequia
Yacht Race in Admiralty Bay;
finish
in
Lower
Bay
9:00am Sandcastle/Sand Sculpture Competition -
west end of Friendship Beach, at Bequia Beach Hotel
10:00am Start of second Fishing Boat Race - the
HEINEKEN CHALLENGE at east end of Friendship Beach;
finish off Hamilton Point, then down to Lower Bay
(start time approx)
12:02pm Crazy Craft Race, west end of Friendship
Beach, finish at Bequia Beach Hotel
All Day Family and Fun Day, Bequia Beach Hotel gardens (organised by
regatta sponsor The Bequia Beach Hotel)
All Day Beach Splash and Fete, Lower Bay (not organised by the
Bequia
Sailing Club)
Monday April
25th - Final Day of Races, plus Shore Activities & Almond Tree Fete
9:00am Start of this day’s J24 Class two-race
Series
10:00am Start of Admiralty Bay Triangle Yacht Race,
finish in Lower Bay
10:00am Start of final Fishing Boat Race - the
MOUNT GAY CHALLENGE in Lower Bay; finish off Hamilton Point
10:00am onwards: Almond Tree Fete, under the Almond Trees. Port
Elizabeth Waterfront
Food
&
Drink, Activities & Music!
(organised by the Bequia Community)
4:30pm
GRAND
PRIZE-GIVING
-
Gingerbread
Hotel & Cafe Gardens
Everybody
welcome!
All yacht races will start punctually
at the published time
Other start times for races and
activities are approximate and subject
to change!
Check ‘Bequia This Week’
shortly before Easter for more
details of Easter activities.