For the sixth year, Grenada Sailing Festival and Westerhall Rums are joined in partnership to present the Westerhall White Jack Workboat Regatta for 2020 to be staged on Grand Anse Beach on Saturday & Sunday 1and 2 February. The initiative is a natural pairing of the strong heritage of seafaring and rum production – and paves the way to keep this popular traditional event on the calendar for future years.

This, high action, high fun Regatta Festival has been a ‘Must Go-To’ event on Grand Anse Beach for over twenty-five consecutive years and organisers are looking forward to welcoming more boats, crews and crowds to the first big fun fete of 2020. Over these years the event has become extremely important as a showcase of the strong sailing heritage of Grenada & its sister islands, and an integral part of the culture. Once again skippers will be bringing their boats from the traditional sailing communities of Carriacou, Gouyave, Grand Mal, Petite Martinique, Sauteurs and Woburn, and boats from neighbouring islands Union and Mayreau are due to join the event.

 There will be two days of the most spectacular and competitive racing:  a full day of Community Class Racing on Saturday 1 February and again on Sunday morning, 2 February, when all crews will be going full throttle to win first place in their community races to qualify for Sunday afternoon’s GSF16 Match Race Final – for the highly prized overall title of ‘Champion of Champions’ & a cheque for US$1,000.00, plus a YAMAHA outboard engine presented by McIntyre Brothers for the owner of the winning boat – The heat of the competition is going to be off the charts.  

There will be more action on Sunday in Grenada Sailing Festival’s own fleet of GSF16 Workboats, when each community nominates a Junior & Senior crew to compete to be ‘National Team Sailing Champion’ for 2020.  Once again, Carib is the sponsor of the Senior National Team Sailing Race and Budget Marine is the Junior Team Sailing sponsor. Budget Marine will also be sponsoring a Junior Dingy Mini Regatts to be staged on Saturday 1 February.

Festival Favourite DJ Blackstorm will keep the atmosphere charged and there will be fun games and prizes to be won. Crowds will also be able to enjoy all the best traditional dishes from Oil Down to Lobster at Community Kitchen food stalls and sample the range of Westerhall Rums, plus ice-cold Carib beers and Glenelg Natural Spring Water at the Festival Beach Bars throughout both days. The whole event will be rounded off with a wonderful firework display courtesy of Spice Island Fireworks – a true high spot to start the week of Independence celebrations. Grenada Sailing Festival’s Westerhall White Jack Workboat Regatta will be staged on Saturday & Sunday 1 – 2 February on Grand Anse Beach.  Grenada Sailing Festival wishes to thank Sponsors, Supporters & Festival Friends who make the event possible: Westerhall Rums; Grenada Tourism Authority; BLAST Grenada; Budget Marine; CARIB – the Official Festival beer; Glenelg Natural Spring Water – the Official Festival water; SIFH Group; True Blue Bay Resort’s Dodgy Dock; McIntyre Brothers & Yamaha; Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina;  Mount Cinnamon & Port Louis; COURTS Grenada; Waggy T; Bryden & Minors with Smirnoff & Campari; Republic Bank; Ramdhanny’s True Value & Harris Paints; DeSign Factory; Coca-Cola Grenada; Umbrellas Beach Bar; Horizon Yacht Charters; Laura’s at Grenada Marine; Andy’s Soup House; IAL; Savvy Grenada Sailing Charters; Island Dreams Yacht Services; Century21; ACE Home Hardware; Turbulence Grenada Ltd; Tropical Sail & Canvas; Esther’s Bar; act- art and design; Bulk Buy; Amalgamated Security Services Grenada & Spice Island Fireworks.