Triple Jack amd Soma are heading to St Marrten’s Heineken Regatta after their annual ‘spruce ups’ in Nanny Cay’s boatyard. Both competitive veterans of the Caribbean race circuit, they leave today (Wednesday, March 4th) with racing to start Friday morning at 9 a.m.
Forecast for the weekend is northerly winds in the 12-20 knot range.
Triple Jack
Triple Jack is a 45’ Derek Kelsall designed ocean racer, built in Birmingham, UK, in 1979. Original owner Frank Wood raced her across the Atlantic in 1980 and nearly got there. The mast came tumbling down about 200 miles off Newport. Frank, crew and Triple Jack were winched aboard a passing freighter and were literally dropped back in the water near the finishing line when the freighter’s lifting strops parted, plummeting them one hundred feet back into the briny. As far as we know, this ‘vertical’ trimaran sailing record still stands!
Re-rigged, Triple Jack continued her racing career with another trans-Atlantic and two ‘Round Britain’s. Steve Davis and Richard Wooldridge bought her just under 11 years ago, making the crossing to Tortola in 1997. Their regular race crew include Chris Haycraft, Geoff Cooke, Olaf Krieger and George Lane. Built in airex/GRP, Triple Jack has been repaired and modified several times.
Triple Jack’s racing prowess is legendary in the BVI – ask anyone who has competed in the Anegada Pursuit race. She’s always last off the start line and yet has clocked up two Pursuits in the last 5 years; and three wins and two seconds in the BVI Spring Regatta multihull division.
Soma
Soma, a Formula 40, is a charter catamaran and operates out of St John in the US Virgin Islands. She is available for daysail, term charter, and racing charters.
