Les Voiles de Saint-Barth is far and away one of the best events ever created. The setting is beyond words, the racing is great and usually the company is pretty good too. It doesn't hurt to win for the third year in a row. 
This year was exceptionally light air except for day one and thus provided us with two lay days which provided us with more time to explore the waters surrounding the island. I have included a number of pics from Lorient Beach and the reef underneath it was well as our cliff jumping from the cliffs around the corner from Shell Beach. 

one of the things Les Voiles de Saint Barth always does well is the media. I love this wrap up video from NautiChannel.

Beautiful first day of racing here in Saint Barths with tight racing between Vesper and Spookie Racing. Spookie won the pin at the start and was able to extend their lead up the first beat. We trailed down the first run but were able to close the gap at the leeward mark they continued to extend up the second beat hitting more pressure and a solid right shift and maintained their lead until the run to Ile de Forchue. Downwind we seemed to do very well with a slightly building pressure and a few good shifts. By the time we dropped our kites at the Groupers we were neck and neck and luckily were able to draw closer line around the rocks to take position on their hip. We held there for a series of tacks when we were able to get in front of them and then lead them back to the finish. Overall it was a fantastic day of sailing here in Saint Barths.
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One of the questions I get asked about a lot is how do we move the boats from one sailing venue to another. It is often assumed that we sail them from venue to venue but more often than not we ship the boats on a large freight carrier. Here is a short video of how we launched the boat using the single point lift and a crane from Caribbean Racing Logistics in St. Thomas who we have worked with for years. 

Caribbean Racing Logistics offers full service logistics coordination in the Caribbean for Racing Programs with a 90 Ton Crane in St. Thomas. 

Having done a number of events in the 52 Super Series over the last few years its great to see the efforts