Caribbean Sail-Race Challenge

November 3-11, 2012

PERFORMANCE RACE WEEK IN PARADISE

Join our select team of expert performance race instructors in this round the islands week of exciting big-boat race-training.

Bring your own crew (maximum six), or join other singles and couples aboard one of our five Moorings 50.5 yachts for a great week of camaraderie, racing and good fun. Each boat will be assigned a minimum of four, maximum six participants with your race instructor/coach aboard throughout the week. Each boat has four private cabins, each with its own head (bathroom), and a separate fifth cabin - privately accessed - for your instructor.

A fun, informative week of memorable race training

Plan to arrive Saturday, November 3. Your boat will be available for boarding at 1800 hrs. Then join the Caribbean Sail-Race coaches and racers for happy hour and dinner ashore. The next morning you’ll leave The Moorings docks and practice race procedures with a rendezvous off Cooper Island for the start of your first race the next day.

Learn and race every day

Each day the fleet will start racing by 9 a.m. with round the buoy and round the island courses. Each evening you’ll anchor, moor or dock in a different harbor and enjoy happy hour under the stars and dinner ashore or aboard as your crew desires. Your evening stops include Norman Island, Jost Van Dyke, Marina Key and Peter Island.

Take a trophy home!

Saturday is Regatta Day in North Sound with trophies and prizes awarded at a fun dinner ashore that evening. The fleet will return to The Moorings docks by noon on Sunday, November 11 in time for you to catch an afternoon flight home. Rooms ashore that night are available on request if you wish to leave the following morning. 

Package rates and what's included

• Single in private cabin - $4495
• Two sharing a cabin - $3695 per person (saves $800 per person)

Your package includes:

• Race instruction and practice races every day – mornings and afternoons
• All races run by the Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club and Doyle Sailmakers - BVI
• Recap with your personal coach at end of each race and end of day
• Two seminar BYOB “happy hour” gatherings aboard one of the boats twice during week (one on starts, the other on upwind and downwind tactics)
• Your single or shared cabin on a Moorings 50.5 Exclusive Class yacht (not more than 2 years old)
• Split provisioning (all breakfasts, lunches, snacks and three dinners aboard)
• Starter pack of bottled water
• Sail-Race Challenge polo shirt
• Security insurance and national park fees
• Transfers to and from airport on Beef Island
• Mooring fees
• Regatta on last day with instructors as silent observers
• Awards dinner ashore Saturday night
• $500 discount on combined packages if you book April 2012 Offshore/North U. Performance Race Week and 2012 Caribbean Sail-Race Challenge at same time ($250 off per week, taken at time final payment is made)

Not included in your package:

• All beverages (alcoholic or other) you choose to have aboard
• Drinks and dinners at local bars and restaurants (except dinner final night)
• Docking fees, if any

Call 888-454-7015 to book you or your full crew today!

Payment schedule and other details:

• $500 deposit per person required now to hold your cabin or berth
• Second payment of $900 per person due by February 1, 2012 (or total of $1400 if you sign up between February 1 and April 1, 2012)
• Third payment of $1000 per person due by April 1, 2012 (or total of $2400 if you sign up between April 1 and August 1, 2012)
• Package balance ($2095 single in private cabin, $1295 per person two in shared cabin) or full package due no later than August 1, 2012
• Refunds (less a $200 per person handling fee) are allowed up to August 1, 2012
• Regular Terms & Conditions will apply (sent with confirmation of intial deposit)
• Minimum age in this course is 12, accompanied by parents 

About the 50.5

Innovative, spacious, bright, and sophisticated describes the exciting Moorings 50.5. Designed by Berret-Racoupeau and built by Beneateau, this gorgeous yacht features a sleek coachroof, long side windows, a fully-integrated mainsail arch and all the ergonomic ease of detailed design to make the most of each area. With 4 main cabins and 4 electric heads, large salon and linear portside galley the Moorings 50.5 offers an abundance of interior space and comfort.Located forward is an additional cabin, accessed via a hatch, with berth and head. Plenty of opening ports and hatches provide excellent ventilation throughout the yacht. On deck, her spacious cockpit, foredeck and dual helm makes this yacht comfortable and fun to race.  The full electronics package includes a color chartplotter, autopilot, digital wind direction and speed indicators, and a VHF radio. The 50.5 has ar conditioning, a generator, bow thruster, electric winches, and upgraded electronics. A video of all its features and accommodations may be seen here.