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St. Kitts 14 Nov 2007.
Team V.O.C. (Very Odd Crew) under the able leadership of Bas Roorda were first across the line in Frigate Bay, St. Kitts thus winning the Statia to St. Kitts Pursuit Race. On this mainly upwind race they managed to work their way through the fleet and negate the 22 minute handicap in a Race lasting 5 hours! DLA Piper finished 2˝ minutes later followed by Team Truple (another minute later), Team Ligthart Communicatie (4 more minutes!) and Team Flevomare (20 seconds later!). Four different boat types had finished within 7 minutes!
Team V.O.C. are newcomers to the Golden Rock Regatta and they received a fitting prize for their win on St. Kitts, once more the V.O.C. had control of the world!!!! (Regatta sponsor Little Switzerland had donated two globes of the world to celebrate the opening of their new branch on St. Kitts, bringing the number branches in the Caribbean to 19! The day’s win clinched their overall result as winners of the Bareboat Class. ore and more locals are getting involved in the celebrations. |
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Join in from wherever you wish! Officially the Golden Rock Regatta has 4 races going from island to island. Participants from the surrounding islands are invited to join in at any point of the regatta. Each day has it’s trophy to race for and entries are accepted on a day by day basis at a fee of $50 per race! So you can wait till the regatta reaches your island and then join in the race to the next destination! |
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WE GUARANTEE A WARM WELCOME! SEE YOU AT THE GOLDEN ROCK REGATTA 10 – 14 NOVEMBER 2008 |
November
16th, 1776
St.
Kitts 14 November 2007
Bas Roorda with his newly formed team of odd crewmen, entered the regatta in the spirit of the old V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company) flying the old company flag in deference to those pioneering spirits of yesteryear, whose commerce saw the Dutch setting up trading posts all over the world!