Finding Moksha: The Bucket

The St. Barth's Bucket is probably the biggest superyacht regatta of the Caribbean Season (actually I can't really think of any bigger regatta's anywhere in the world to be honest). We we one of the 48 boats to take part in it this year and it was definitely a highlight of my time on the boat so far! The regatta is held over three days, with one race each day, roughly 23-26nm in length. Once again it was a handicap start, and we were unlucky enough to be one of the last boats to start each day (usually over an hour after the first boat had started!).

Each day the course was different, the three courses being, "Around the Island", "Other way around the Island" and the "Wiggly Course" which took us winding around a number of offshore rocks and reefs just north of St. Barth's.

Once again was a trimmer and I definitely enjoyed every minute of it, even if it was a bit full on at times! There was one run we did off the start line on the second day with the Genoa up for 20 or so minutes where we averaged well over 16kn on the leg. It was especially cool having Josh to call my trim for this leg, the two of us being the only people on the leeward side of the boat while she punched through the water at mach 10.

Overall it was an awesome week of sailing, with steady breeze between 12 and 20+ knots, some good close racing and plenty of smiles.

I was planning on making a video of the week, and had some awesome footage thanks to Mark, Alexis, Cam et al. However a little accident with my hard drive hitting the floor has pretty much meant that footage is no more, at least until I get somewhere a bit more technically advanced than Antigua. So for now some photos will have to do.