True Blue Bay Resort Grenada At Digicel Workboat Regatta 2011

The excitement and thrill of workboat racing has been very much embedded into our culture. It’s a tradition for sailing villages such Gouyave, Worburn, Carriacou and Petite Martinique which have been competing for years. It’s one of the few times in Grenada where the generation gap is mended as the art of workboat building and racing is passed on.

At this regatta, we surely experienced the excitement as many of the races were very competitive. You could not have predicted who would win the race. This had the onlookers very anxious and nervous.

It was a fun time. They had a tug-of-war competition of adults and kids hosted by Body and Soul Gym. Also, there was live music with the Digicel Steel Pan Orchestra and the Roots Band.

Workboat racing promises to get bigger every year as it has become a part of the Grenadian Culture. We can't wait for next regatta and we hope you will attend to experience the excitement. We guarantee you will enjoy!!!

True Blue Bay Resort Grenada at Port Louis Sailing Festival 2011

From January 28th to February 1st was the Camper & Nicholson Port Louis Grenada Sailing Festival 2011. This year 38 yachts were participating, which was a bit lower than last year. Most of the foreign yachts came from Trinidad and Barbados; however, we were honoured to see yachts from Brazil and Germany as well.

Among them was our very own Triumph, Contessa 40. Triumph belongs to our Owner/General Manager, Mr. Russ Fielden. Although we did not win anything, we had a ball of a time sailing. It seems that we had the slowest yacht, so imagine what our position was at the end.

There were 7 races and they were all held on the southern coast of Grenada. The most exciting races were at Point Salines where the wind was about 18 to 20 knots and the seas 6 ft. Point Salines is the southern tip of Grenada and where the Caribbean Sea meets and Atlantic Ocean.

The racing was quite competitive as we witnessed numerous "near miss" collisions at buoys.

The Overall winner was Peter Morris and Jaguar (Frers 43) from Trinidad. Congrats to them and every person and yacht present. We look forward to seeing them next year. We at True Blue Bay will be there too!!!!