{"id":2720,"date":"2011-03-27T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/?p=2720"},"modified":"2024-06-26T14:32:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T12:32:39","slug":"meg-toppa-reports-from-st-barths-bucket-regatta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/27\/meg-toppa-reports-from-st-barths-bucket-regatta\/","title":{"rendered":"Meg Toppa Reports from St. Barths Bucket Regatta"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is an absolutely spectacular sailing event here in beautiful St. Barths. I was able to sail on Meteor,\u00a0 a valiant 167 ft. Royal Huisman and watched as the crew practiced tacks and gybes,\u00a0 raised the spinnaker and practiced\u00a0 fleet-handed maneuvers.\u00a0 Schools of flying fish and a daring humpback whale were playing in the surf, while overhead, a fleet of planes \"\"<\/a>from the Texas Flying Legends Museum (owned by the owner of ketch Marie, also sailing in the bucket) dazzled crowds.<\/p>\n

Celebrity sightings: David Letterman and Jimmy Buffet.\u00a0 Jimmy is a friend of the owner of Meteor and will be sailing with the team.\u00a0 He came on board and warmly shared a toast with us!\u00a0 He seems to know several of these yacht owners and has no lack of invitations to sail!<\/p>\n

Meteor won the regatta 3 years ago, she was fresh from the factory.\u00a0 Last year they didn’t do so well so this year they’re ready to redeem themselves.\u00a0 They have as their tactician, a veteran of four America’s Cups and three Volvo ‘s (formerly the Whitbread).\u00a0 For up to the minute events please visit\u00a0 St. Barths Bucket Regatta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For information on races and regattas worldwide please see our overview on Regattas and Sailing Events<\/a> and the Yachting Events Calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is an absolutely spectacular sailing event here in beautiful St. Barths. I was able to sail on Meteor,\u00a0 a valiant 167 ft. Royal Huisman and watched as the crew practiced tacks and gybes,\u00a0 raised the spinnaker and practiced\u00a0 fleet-handed Continue reading Meg Toppa Reports from St. Barths Bucket Regatta<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,32,9,28,104,77,31,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destinations","category-expert-commentary","category-regattas-and-races","category-sailboats","category-st-barts","category-yacht-charter-technology","category-yacht_types","category-yachting-news"],"yoast_head":"\nMeg Toppa Reports from St. Barths Bucket Regatta - Yacht Charter News and Boating Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/27\/meg-toppa-reports-from-st-barths-bucket-regatta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meg Toppa Reports from St. Barths Bucket Regatta - Yacht Charter News and Boating Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is an absolutely spectacular sailing event here in beautiful St. Barths. 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