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Antigua won the Nations Cup at the 2024 Caribbean Dinghy Championship in Simpson Bay
Antigua won the Nations Cup for the fifth consecutive time at the 2024 Caribbean Dinghy Championship in Simpson Bay, with Sint Maarten second and St. Martin third, according to the Sint Maarten Yacht Club.
By SXM Daily ยท
Reported 27 October 2024.
Antigua won the Nations Cup at the 2024 Caribbean Dinghy Championship, which ended in Simpson Bay on 27 October 2024, according to the Sint Maarten Yacht Club (SMYC), which hosted the regatta. It was the fifth time in a row that Antigua took the trophy home.
Illustrative: the Sint Maarten Yacht Club and the Simpson Bay lift bridge (file photo). Photo: Richie Diesterheft / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
According to the SMYC, the Nations Cup was scored with the CHIP 3 high-point system. Antigua finished with 4,432 points, Sint Maarten was second with 4,260 and St. Martin third with 3,942. The Antigua Yacht Club published the same results release.
Results by class
The SMYC said the final day brought the trickiest winds of the weekend, with breezes of around 10 to 12 knots broken up by soft spots across the course. Home sailors from Sint Maarten won the RS Zest, RS Quest and Optimist classes, while Antigua won the ILCA 4, ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 classes. Sailors from St. Martin finished on the podium in several fleets.
The club also singled out St. Vincent, which sent three sailors to the championship for the first time.
Related
The championship returned to Simpson Bay in October 2026; see the 30th Caribbean Dinghy Championship.
Sources
- Sint Maarten Yacht Club: Antigua captures Nation's Cup as the 2024 Caribbean Dinghy Championship wraps up
- Antigua Yacht Club: same release
Source: https://smyc.com/antigua-captures-nations-cup-as-the-2024-caribbean-dinghy-championship-wraps-up/