MainSail

SHOW #46

St. Maarten Heineken Regatta

This month MainSail comes from the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, featuring big boats big wind and big, big parties. Over 40 countries are represented as the Caribbean sailing season gets into its stride. A new breed of performance catamarans will be showcased - the "Gunboats" are set to make this regatta the most exciting in many years. Host Shirley Robertson will be onboard one of these new machines as she enjoys the relaxed atmosphere.

She’ll also be onboard the ‘Queen Of The Fleet’, Peter Harrison’s ‘Sojana’. This 105 foot Bruce Farr designed yacht will be turning heads at the Caribbean curtain raiser. March’s Mainsail also takes a look at the successful charter industry that makes this part of the world a must for social sailors.

Also featured is the launch of this year's big transatlantic race, the Artemis Transat. Mainsail hears from some of the greats of offshore racing including Dame Ellen Macarthur and Mike Golding OBE.