Volcanic Ash Cloud Causes Postponement of Antigua Sailing Week.
Antigua Sailing Week has been having a hard time in recent years. Hit hard by loss of major sponsors and the Global Financial Crisis in 2009, the event is now a victim of the volcanic ash cloud over Europe. The 43rd edition of Antigua Sailing Week, was to take place from 24-30 April, but organisers [...]
Tributes and Appeal for Peter ‘Spike’ Doriean
The sailing world has being paying tribute to Australian sailor Peter ‘Spike’ Doriean who died on Sunday after sustaining head injuries from an accidental fall. The crew of ‘Rambler’ dedicated their first line honours win in the inaugural Voiles de St Barts to their former team-mate. Skipper of Rambler, Kenny Read said, “The Rambler team [...]
Barbados Backing ‘Non-Traditional’ Sports like Sailing to Boost Sports Tourism
There used to be a great advertisement in Australia for Bacardi. The film showed different Caribbean islands, each with a different rum based cocktail, lots of partying and sunshine and good times. The closing line was truly memorable. “If you live on an Island, you drink Bacardi. Australia – the world’s biggest island.” Well it [...]
Richard Mille To Sponsor St. Barth Regatta
Yacht sponsorship stories come from all over the place. Sometimes we get savvy PR people send us useful stuff and many of our readers tip us off about things that are happening. Sometimes, news passes us by and we read about it in the strangest of sources. This article comes via Elite Lifestyle, a private [...]
Superyacht Cup. The Ultimate ‘Run what you Brung’.
November 17, 2009 by admin
Filed under Caribbean, Sponsorship Activation
The concept of superyacht racing is a strange one. There can’t be many other toys that manage to be both luxury items and competitive machines. You can’t imagine people racing Rolls Royce Phantoms against each other or competitive Gulfstream races. Nevertheless, the Superyacht Cup will take place in Antigua at the end of January and [...]
