International Rolex Regatta:Seeking sun, fun and fierce competition

6:58 AM Fri 25 Mar 2011 GMT

'Rolex International Regatta' Rolex/ St Thomas Yacht Club/ Ingrid Abery

International Rolex Regatta, St.Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Thirty eight years ago the first International Rolex Regatta took place in St. Thomas and so began an annual tradition that endures to this day. The three-day event, which starts tomorrow, has increased its participants over last year, with 77 teams signed up in IRC, CSA (Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker), IC 24 and Beach Cat classes. The gamut of keelboat sizes runs from 90 feet (the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy?s canting keel Maxi Yacht Genuine Risk, chartered by Sweden?s Hugo Stenbeck and competing in IRC) down to 24 feet (three feisty Melges 24 sport ...

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