{"id":640755,"date":"2023-04-23T20:13:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T01:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/23\/the-sailing-stars-come-out-at-les-voiles-de-st-barth\/"},"modified":"2023-04-23T20:13:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T01:13:22","slug":"the-sailing-stars-come-out-at-les-voiles-de-st-barth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/23\/the-sailing-stars-come-out-at-les-voiles-de-st-barth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sailing Stars Come Out At Les Voiles De St Barth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p>The action was hot at the start of Les Voiles De St Barth 2023<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>ChristopheJouany<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The small French island of St Barth in the Caribbean has always been a little bit different. It\u2019s special. It\u2019s sophisticated. And frankly, St Barth\u2019s laid-back luxury vibe and numerous luxurious villas boasting infinity-pools and million Euro views exerts an almost magnetic pull on some of the most wealthy people in the world. It\u2019s the ideal place for people who want to get away from \u201cthe scene.\u201d But not too far, wink wink.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p>The parties are as good as the racing at Les Voiles De St Barth.<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>THEO QUESTEL PHOTOGRAPHY<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Therefore, you don\u2019t need to be a brilliantly humble sailing journalist to see why<a href=\"https:\/\/lesvoilesdestbarthrichardmille.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/lesvoilesdestbarthrichardmille.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/lesvoilesdestbarthrichardmille.com\/\" aria-label=\"Les Voiles De St Barth sailing regatta\"> Les Voiles De St Barth sailing regatta<\/a> that takes place every April attracts a certain type of sailor that appreciates great sailing and great parties in one of the coolest islands in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p>The winner of Les Voiles De St Barth 2023<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>Christophe Jouany<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Take MOD70 owner and skipper Erik Maris for instance. He and his team won this year\u2019s Overall Multihull class, and was awarded the prestigious Richard Mille Multihull Trophy. But the truth is the Montre Richard Mille RM 60-01 titanium carbone TPT watch that he also won is worth a whole lot more than most sailing tropies.<\/p>\n<p>Maris\u2019s MOD70 was the only insanely fast MOD70 offshore racing catamaran entered this year, but Zoulou\u2019s highly decorated navigator, Lo\u00efck Peyron, thoroughly enjoyed his time onboard and gave credit to the other multihulls that held their own against the powerful trimaran.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p>Les Voiles De St Barth 2023<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>Sharon Green<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s always nice to go almost four times faster than your opponents,\u201d said Peyron. \u201cWe love taking part in Les Voiles de St. Barth Richard Mille. This event was a great warm up for our team, as we look ahead to racing this summer in the Rolex Fastnet Race against more MOD70s.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p>Roy P. Disney&#8217;s Pyewacket at th e2023 Les Voiles De St. Barth<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>Christophe Jouany<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, offshore racing legend Roy P. Disney, who was a first-timer at Les Voiles de St. Barth Richard Mille this year, said the course configurations provided a good challenge. \u201cRacing around and through the surrounding islands makes the wind tricky,\u201d he said. \u201cWe often saw 20 degree shifts, and big puffs swirling around. There\u2019s a lot happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pyewacket, Roy P. Disney\u2019s Volvo 70 not only won its class, it also celebrated winning the 2023 Caribbean Maxi Challenge, presented by Beno\u00eet de Froidmont, president of the International Maxi Association. The multi-event challenge is open to boats 60 feet and above, and this year included the RORC Caribbean 600, St. Maarten Heineken Regatta and Les Voiles de St. Barth Richard Mille.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p>St Barth is a great place to hold a regatta<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>Christophe Jouany<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe short course racing at Les Voiles is totally different from what the Pyewacket team typically does,\u201d said Disney, who has competed in 25 Transpac 600s and won five. \u201cI have really good guys who don\u2019t make mistakes. If I didn\u2019t have these guys, I\u2019d be dead. Going around the buoys in this race is a lot more stressful in many ways, because offshore racing is more consistent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est magnifique!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/billspringer\/2023\/04\/23\/the-sailing-stars-come-out-at-les-voiles-de-st-barth\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Bill Springer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The action was hot at the start of Les Voiles De St Barth 2023ChristopheJouany The small French island of St Barth in the Caribbean has always been a little bit different. It\u2019s special. It\u2019s sophisticated. And frankly, St Barth\u2019s laid-back luxury vibe and numerous luxurious villas boasting infinity-pools and million Euro views exerts an almost<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":640756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28234,913],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-640755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sailing","8":"category-stars"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}