St. Maarten Heineken Regatta - Fleet growing, changes in the works

12:14 AM Sat 12 Feb 2011 GMT

'St.Maarten Heineken Regatta 2010 - (Photo: Tom Zinn)' St.Maarten Heineken Regatta

St. Maartin Heineken Regatta ? With less than three weeks to go before racing commences in the thirty-first annual St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, the fleet continues to steadily grow, with nearly one-hundred fifty yachts ranging from twenty-four feet to one-hundred fifteen feet now entered in the competition. For newcomers to the event, it will be their first taste of the 'serious fun' for which the regatta is famously known. The music, magic and parties ashore won?t surprise veterans of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. But they?ll soon learn that race organizers have instituted several changes in how the action is ...

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by Heather Tackling