Bucket List

2018 Bucket List

The following is a list of select international events that should be on every sailor’s dream list. Caribbean

CONCH REPUBLIC CUP • January 26-February 3 Key West/Cuba, www.conchrepubliccup.org GRENADA SAILING WEEK • January 29-February 3 Grenada, www.grenadasailingweek.com ANTIGUA 360 RTI RACE • February 16, Antigua, www.antiguayachtclub.com RORC CARIBBEAN 600 • February 19-23, Antigua, www.caribbean600.rorc.org ST. MAARTEN HEINEKEN REGATTA • March 2-4, St. Maarten (721) 544-2079, www.heinekenregatta.com MIAMI TO CUBA RACE • February 13-18 Miami, (954) 695-7168 • www.havanarace.org ST. BARTHS BUCKET REGATTA March 15-18 St. Barths, FWI (781) 639-0203, www.bucketregatta.com BVI SPRING REGATTA AND SAILING FESTIVAL, March 26-April 1 BVI (284) 541-6732, www.bvispringregatta.org LES VOILES DE SAINT BARTH • April 9-15 St. Barth, www.lesvoilesdesaintbarth.com ANTIGUA CLASSICS YACHT REGATTA • April 18-24 Antigua Yacht Club, Ph/Fax (268) 460-1799, www.antiguaclassics.com ST. BARTH WEST INDIES REGATTA • April 28-May 1 St. Barth, (268) 724-4435, www.westindiesregatta.com ANTIGUA SAILING WEEK • April 28-May 4 • Antigua, (268) 725-6651, www.sailingweek.com

Hawaii & South Pacific

TAHITI PEARL REGATTA • May 7-12, 2018. International fl eet racing in the Leeward Islands of Tahiti. www.tahitipearlregatta.org.pf TAHITI-MOOREA SAILING RENDEZ-VOUS • June 22-24, 2018 with Latitude 38. www.tahiti-moorea-sailing-rdv.com SINGLEHANDED TRANSPAC • June 23, 2018 San Francisco Bay to Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii. www.sfbaysss.org VIC-MAUI • June 30-July 4, 2018 2,300 miles from Victoria, BC, to Maui, Hawaii. www.vicmaui.org PACIFIC CUP • July 9, 2018 San Francisco to Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. www.pacifi ccup.org TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE • July 2019 Los Angeles to Honolulu. www.transpacrace.com

Mexico

PV RACE • March 2-10, 2018 1,100-mile slide from San Diego to Puerto Vallarta. www.pvrace.com BANDERAS BAY REGATTA • March 20-24, 2018 www.banderasbayregatta.com NEWPORT TO ENSENADA • April 27-29, 2018 Newport Beach to Ensenada, Baja California. www.newporttoensenada.com BAJA HA-HA • Leaves San Diego on Oct. 29. www.baja-haha.com Australia & NewZealand

BAY OF ISLANDS SAILING WEEK • January 23-26, 2018. Buoy racing in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands. www.bayofi slandssailingweek.org.nz AUDI HAMILTON ISLAND RACE WEEK • August 18-25, 2018. Racing and partying in Australia’s Whitsunday Islands. www.hamiltonislandraceweek.com.au ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE • December 26, 2018 www.rolexsydneyhobart.com

Asia

ROYAL LANGKAWI INTERNATIONAL REGATTA • January 8-13, 2018 Large buoy racing regatta for everything from IRC divisions to multihulls. www.langkawiregatta.com BORACAY CUP REGATTA • February 27-March 2, 2018 www.subicsailing.com ROLEX CHINA SEA RACE • March 28, 2018 565-mile race from Hong Kong to Subic Bay, Philippines. www.rhkyc.org.hk/rolexchinasearace.aspx CHINA CUP INTERNATIONAL REGATTA • October/November 2018 www.chncup.com PHUKET KING’S CUP • Early December 2018, Asia’s premier yachting event. www.kingscup.com