Members of St. Barths Bucket Regatta set sail tomorrow, and 5 fortunate winners will be taking dwelling a good-looking Chelsea Clock ship’s bell trophy prize on the finish of the weekend.
The primary St. Barths Bucket dates again to 1995 and annually, a portion of every entry payment has been designated for donation to a close-to-home charity or non-profit in St. Barths. This 12 months, the donation will go in direction of alternative boats for the St. Barths Yacht Membership’s Youngsters’s fleet, of which solely 10 of the 17 getting old boats are literally in service. The Bucket’s contribution will present 7 new boats to the fleet.
“The SBYC is extra of a crusing faculty than a standard yacht membership,” the Bucket mentioned in an announcement on their web site. “Sources and budgets are extra restricted than what we anticipate finding in a ‘yacht membership.’ [Living on] an island, it is extremely necessary for the kids to study to sail as a sensible matter. Crusing enhances the kids’s private progress and improvement as they study to respect one another and the setting.”
We’ve been happy to be part of this spectacular occasion for the previous three years because the official trophy sponsor, and this 12 months we’re proud but once more to supply 5 stunning ship’s bell clocks engraved with the brand new St. Barths Bucket Regatta emblem as first place prizes — plus seven brass chart-weight compasses as thank-you presents to key supporters.
“The Bucket Regatta stewards and organizers vastly worth our relationship with Chelsea Clock,” mentioned Occasion Director Peter Craig. “The gorgeous ship’s bell clocks have been awarded to delighted Bucket class winners since 2013, and really particular trophies that additional improve each the enjoyment of the yacht house owners and the status of this storied superyacht regatta.”
Please be part of us in wishing better of luck to all contributors of this particular occasion!
