Invites are out

News from the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club on the forthcoming Bacardi sponsored International Race Week

Bermuda International Invitational Race Week sponsored by Bacardi starts April 24th with racing in the annual multi-class, one-design regatta hosted by Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and sponsored by Bacardi. Festivities start with the RBYC Welcoming Cocktail Party on the Saturday April 24th and conclude with the prizegiving on April 30th.

Invitations have been sent to international competitors and fleets by Bermuda one-design keelboat and dinghy fleet representitives - and acceptances are now coming in. Keelboats classes should include International Etchells, International One Design (IOD), J 24, and J105, which will sail on the Great Sound. The dinghy classes sending invitations - International 505, Comet, Snipe, Sunfish and Laser – will sail out of the Spanish Point Boat Club in waters nearby.

Racing starts at 1100hrs on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The Bacardi Gras Celebration on Race Week’s ‘Bat Tuesday’ leads into a ‘spare’ day on Wednesday, just right to enjoy the sights of Bermuda. The Prizegiving Party at RBYC concludes Race Week on Friday April 30th. In addition to the fantastic sailing competition, the week is sprinkled with fleet parties; and Bacardi presents daily awards for significant sailing.

Inaugurated by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club in 1952, Bermuda's Bermuda International Invitational Race Week sponsored by Bacardi (for the 6th year) has become an established international yachting fixture each spring - attracting the top skippers from many countries. All classes with an active local racing program in Bermuda may invite international sailors to participate in the event. International participation is required for a fleet to compete.