Ixesha leRegatta kwiCaribbean liyasondela, kwaye kulo nyaka ugqatso lokuhamba ngeenqanawa luza kubonelela ngovuselelo lwezoqoqosho olufuneka kakhulu kwiziqithi ezichatshazelwe yiNkanyamba i-Irma noMaria ngoSeptemba 2017. Ngeehotele ezininzi ezingaxhunyiwe kwi-intanethi kweli xesha, iirenti zezindlu zabucala ziya kwamkela iindwendwe kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba abanxulumene nezi. iziganeko, kwaye iya kusebenza njengomthombo obalulekileyo wengeniso koorhulumente besiqithi ngasinye.
I-St. Barths Bucket Regatta iya kubanjwa ukusuka ngomhla we-15 ukuya kowe-18 kaMatshi, iphawula unyaka wayo wama-24. Iiyachts ezingamashumi amabini anesithandathu ziya kuthatha inxaxheba kulo nyaka-inani elihle nge-30% ukusuka kunyaka ophelileyo kodwa lanele ukwenza i-regatta yodidi lwehlabathi ngeeklasi ezintathu zezikhephe, ngokutsho komququzeleli uPeter Craig. Ibhakethi yaseSt. Barths yindawo yokumema, evuleleke kwizikhephe ezihamba ngenqanawa ezinobude obuziimitha ezingama-30.5 (100') okanye ngaphezulu. Indebe yebhakethi inikezelwa kwisikhephe esigqwesileyo kowona mgangatho ukhuphisanayo nokhuphiswayo ngokusondeleyo. IBhakethi, njengoko yaziwa, ivelisa ezona ndwendwe zinyukayo kuwo nawuphi na umsitho onikwe ukuba iwe ngexesha lefestile yasentwasahlobo.
Les Voiles de Saint Barth Regatta iqhuba i-16 ka-Epreli ukuya kwi-22 ka-Epreli. Iiyacht ezingamashumi amathandathu ziya kuthatha inxaxheba kulo nyaka, kwiiklasi ezisibhozo, utsho umnxibelelanisi u-Alexandra Lemarchand-Guibout. Abaququzeleli baya kuseka ilali yomdyarho kwidokhi yaseGustavia, kunye neekonsathi ezibukhoma ngobusuku. Imvumi uJimmy Buffett ubuya njengonozakuzaku walo msitho, kwaye unethemba lokuba i-regatta iya kuba negalelo ekubuyiselweni ngokupheleleyo kwesi siqithi. Abaxhasi abasemthethweni baquka uRichard Mille, uVeuve Clicquot, i-Code Zero kunye ne-WIMCO Villas.
Zombini ezi regatta zitsala abakhenkethi abongezelekayo kwesi siqithi kuquka abasebenzi (12-35 ngeyacht nganye), iindwendwe zabanini-zikhitshane, kunye nabathandi bezikhephe abafuna nje ukonwabela imidyarho. Ukongeza, abasebenzi be-regatta kunye namavolontiya, amajelo eendaba kunye nabaxhasi banegalelo ekungeneni kwabantu.
Iindawo zokutyela, iivenkile zokutya, iinkampani zeenkonzo zaselwandle kunye nee-arhente zeemoto ezirentwayo zizuza kakhulu kwezi ziganeko, Nge-90% yamagumbi ehotele asekuhlaleni e-St. Barths avaliwe ukulungiswa kulo nyaka, ii-villas zangasese ezivela kwii-arhente ezifana ne-WIMCO ziya kubeka abasebenzi kunye nabaxhasi, kwaye bamele a umthombo obalulekileyo wengeniso kurhulumente wasekhaya. (Isiqithi sihlawulisa i-5% yerhafu yabatyeleli ngokusekelwe kumlinganiselo weveki). UMongameli we-WIMCO u-Stiles Bennet unika ingxelo yokuba i-60% yepotfoliyo yabo ye-370 yeevillas zabucala ngoku zivuliwe, ezimele ngaphezu kwama-600 amagumbi okulala. Iingcali ze-WIMCO zinepotfoliyo ekhethekileyo yeevillas ezilungele abasebenzi (iivillas ezineebhedi eziphindwe kabini kwaye zinexabiso elifanelekileyo) kunye nezo zababukeli (iivillas ePointe Milou okanye eColombier ezibonelela ngezona mbono zigqwesileyo zomdyarho)
E-St. Martin, isigqibo sokuhamba phambili kunye ne-Heineken Regatta yonyaka sabhengezwa kungekudala emva kokuba isiphepho i-Irma sihlasele isiqithi. Umalathisi womdyarho uPaul Miller wathi iregatta “ingumfuziselo onzulu, kwaye yindawo yokuhlanganisana.” Ukunciphisa iimfuno kwiziseko ezingundoqo zasekhaya, umsebenzi omninzi ukususela ngomhla woku-1 kuMatshi nangona umhla wesi-4 uya kuba ungekho elunxwemeni kulo nyaka. Nangona kunjalo kuzakubakho ilali edlamkileyo yogqatso ePrincess Port de Plaisance Resort eSimpson Bay lagoon ebonisa iikonsathi ngobusuku ngabunye. Amatikiti aya kuthengiswa kwiikonsathi ze-nihts nganye, kwaye inxalenye yazo zonke iimali ezifunyenweyo ziya kwimibutho yesisa yasekuhlaleni, kuquka i-K1 Britannia, iSt. Maarten Sea Rescue Foundation, iSt. Maarten Nature Foundation, kunye neSt. Maarten Yacht Club Regatta Foundation, ngoncedo yeeprojekthi zabo ezahlukeneyo zokunceda kwinkanyamba. Inxalenye yentengiso yokutya kunye nesiselo, ukuthengiswa kwemiboniso yobugcisa kunye nokunye okuninzi kuya kubhekiswa kwingxowa-mali yoncedo lwenkanyamba. .Abaququzeleli balindele ukuba isiganeko siya kuba nefuthe elihle kwezoqoqosho njengoko iSt. Martin yakha kwakhona.
I-BVI Spring Regatta iya kuqhuba ukusuka nge-26 kaMatshi ukuya kwi-1 ka-Epreli. Kulo nyaka iLali yaseRegatta iya kuba kwi-Outer Marina eNanny Cay eTortola. "Iziliphu zayo yonke imidyarho kunye neenqanawa zoomama ziya kubakho apha, ke sisondeze itheko koomatiloshe." utshilo uLou Schwartz, uMphathi weLali. Ilali iya kuba nebha ende, indawo yokutyela ephumayo, kunye nomculo ophilayo ubusuku ngabunye. IVeki yoNyaka ka-Antigua, iya kuqhuba njengoko kucwangciswe kulo nyaka phakathi kwe-28 ka-Epreli ukuya kwi-4 kaMeyi
NgokweNgxelo yeMpembelelo yezoQoqosho eyaqhutywa ngo-2004 yinkampani yogcino-mali i-Hassink & Roos (eyaziwa ngoku njenge-Baker Tilly Accounting St. Maarten), i-St. siqithi ngabatyeleli kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba. Ingxelo ithi igalelo eliqikelelweyo le-SXM Heineken Regatta kwi-GDP ye-SXM limalunga. I-USD 27.5 yezigidi. Uqikelelo lwengeniso yerhafu eyongezelelweyo kuRhulumente yi-USD 11 yezigidi.
Enye ingxelo yohlalutyo lwezoqoqosho lwe-regattas lwenzelwe i-Newport, i-RI ebamba ii-regattas ezi-4 ngonyaka. Ifem yoPhando yePerformance Research yenze uphando egameni leKomishoni yaseWaterfront yaseNewport Rhode Island kwaye yafumanisa ukuba umndilili wokuhlala kweendwendwe kuzo zonke ii-regattas yayiyi-6.5 yeentsuku. Isikhephe ngasinye esikhuphisanayo sasibalelwa kumndilili weendwendwe eziyi-3.9, kunye nenkcitho yemihla ngemihla ngondwendwe ngalunye i-$191.00. Iindidi zeshishini ezinenkcitho ephezulu ibikukutya nokusela, iihotele, kunye neevenkile ezithengisayo. Ngokutsho kukaRyan Miller, uSihlalo weKomishoni yaseNewport Waterfront, "Olu pho nonongo luqinisekisa ukuba ii-regattas zokuhamba ngeenqanawa azikho nje umsebenzi wokuzonwabisa wokuzonwabisa, kodwa zibonelela ngexabiso elinokulinganiswa loqoqosho kuqoqosho lwendawo ngelixa libandakanya impembelelo ephantsi kwisixeko kunye neziseko zombuso."
Idatha iya kuhluka kwisiqithi vs i-drive-ukuya kwindawo efana ne-Newport, nangona kunjalo ubungqina bubonakala bunamandla ukuba umsebenzi owenziwe yi-regattas kwi-Caribbean kulo busika uya kunceda ekubuyiseleni ezo ziqithi apho zibanjwe khona.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Musician Jimmy Buffett returns as the ambassador of the event, and hopes that the regatta will contribute to the full recovery of the island.
- WIMCO Specialists have a special portfolio of villas well suited for crews (villas with double beds and reasonably priced) and ones for spectators (villas in Pointe Milou or Colombier which offer some of the best views of the race course).
- Twenty-six yachts will participate this year—a figure that is down 30% from a year ago but sufficient to stage a world-class regatta with three classes of boats, according to organizer Peter Craig.
