Sint Maarten Heineken Regatta 2022

For my debut Sint Maarten Heineken Regatta, I was bowman on the Pro-Am Volvo 70 "Ocean Breeze".

For this event the boat had been chartered by the Yacht Club Sopot, and we raced in the super competitive CSA 1 class. In this class we were up against 4 Volvo Ocean 65's -Team Ambersail from Lithuania, Dutch Sail on board Jansen de Jong from the Netherlands, Sailing Poland and Team Austria Ocean Race Project- 3 other Volvo 70s -Hypr from Spain, I Love Poland, and Il Mostro from the United States- and two Maxi yachts - Leopard the Farr 100 and the stunning new Botin 85 Deep Blue.

Our fleet were also racing for the International Maxi Associations Caribbean trophy which will be contested over the next few events in the Caribbean such as BVI sailing week and Antigua Sailing week.

It was a great opportunity to race a Volvo 70 inshore in some very challenging conditions.