Annual Youth Awards were presented by the Royal BVI Yacht Club to sailors who have shown outstanding involvement and commitment to sailing and to the club as a whole.
The awards were handed out at the Youth Christmas Party and End of Term Regatta. The categories and recipients were as follows:
Most Improved Club Dinghy- Ryan Lettsome
Sportmanship Award – Kyle Roose
Best Club Dinghy – Rayne Duff
Best Youth International Competitor – Sam Morrell
Best BVI International Competitor – Alec Anderson & Chris Brockbank
Optimist fleet at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club’S 52nd annual Open Orange Bowl Regatta, Miami, Dec 26 – 30. Photo: Provided
Also during the holidays, British Virgin Islands Optimist sailors, Nathan Haycraft and Rayne Duff, and 29er sailors, Sam Morrell and Daniel Petrovic flew to Miami to compete in the Coconut Grove Sailing Club’s 52nd annual Open Orange Bowl Regatta which took place December 26 – 30.
The weather conditions for the regatta were unlike what the sailors are used to training in; the wind was light and the seas were calm.
The boys only raced two of the days and eight races were completed in the Optimist fleet. Rayne ended up finishing in blue fleet; 8th out of 112 competitors and overall 22nd out of 219 competitors. Nathan ended up in white fleet placing 10th out of 38 competitors and 124th out of 219 competitors.
Sam and Daniel competed in the 7 scored races of the 29er category to finish 9th out of a fleet of 26.
