Les Voiles de St. Barth racing starts tomorrow

12:04 AM Tue 5 Apr 2011 GMT

'View of Gustavia - Les Voiles de St. Barth 2011' Susan Maffei Plowden Click Here to view large photo

Les Voiles de St. Barth. The Carl Gustaf Hotel, high on the hill overlooking the main port of Gustavia, provided a great vantage point to watch the Les Voiles de St. Barth fleet slowly filling up the anchorage and quays in the main harbor of this idyllic French island. Boats continued to arrive throughout the day, while others took advantage of the day's fresh easterly breeze to go through some crew maneuvers and test sails. The luxury hotel was host to a press briefing where Michel Magras, Senator of the St. Barth Collectivity and Francois Paul Tolede, general manager of ...

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