“It feels good to win but I wish there was a little more competition and St. Thomas was here,” BVI team captain Donte Hodge said. “But, I’m happy that we won.”
St. Lucia placed second with 23 points while Anguilla had 29 and the USA, 37.
Event coordinator Abigail O’Neal said the regatta went well and it captured the spirit of sailing, Rotary and KATS.  “We ended up with four teams and 12 participants that competed in the Open Bic class. Some of the teams had to pull out at the last minute as this has been a lean year,” she noted. “We could have used more teams—that’s what the event centers around, the sailing. The more competitors we have the better. We had great breeze and great fellowship it was a successful event with good breeze.”
Results: Laser; 1. Donte Hodge, 1.5 points. 2. Jonathan Wood, 2.75. 3. Thomas Meixnor, 3.75. 4. Kadeem Joseph, 3.75. 5. Stephen Lovell, 4. 6. Zach Rosenberg,  4. 7. Marcus Sweeney, 5.75. 8. Chris Brockbank, 8. 9. Alec Mason, 8. 10. Hayley White, 8. 11. Sean Joyce, 8. 12. Catherine Madden, 9.
Open Bic: 1. Sam Morrell, 2.25. 2. Scott McKenzie, 3.5. 3. Marcus Sweeney, 6. 4. Jsoh Morrell, 6.75. 5. Stephanie Lovell, 7. 6. John Wood, 9.

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“It was a low key fun regatta and I haven’t been in a laser in 10 years,” reflected Hirst who has been sailing IC-24s lately. “It took about half a day to get used to it, but I also remembered how painful it is to sail as well. The Laser is physically demanding. You need to have good conditioning or else you won’t be going very fast.”

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