{"id":69219,"date":"2014-11-05T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=69219"},"modified":"2023-05-06T22:49:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T02:49:52","slug":"2014-nood-caribbean-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/regatta-series\/2014-nood-caribbean-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 NOOD Caribbean Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0594.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0594.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0594-200x300.jpg 200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Team St. Petersburg (Fisk Hayden, skipper) go for a timed approach to the starting line during the buoy-racing portion of the event, a three-race series on Sir Francis Drake Passage. With a committee boat favor, the race committee used dinghies for keep-aways.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141025_todd_0223.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141025_todd_0223.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141025_todd_0223-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141025_todd_0223-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>Skippers&#8217; Bags<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">The Caribbean NOOD Championship is an event unlike any other. Individual winners from the respective Sperry Top-Sider NOOD regattas in St. Petersburg, San Diego, Seattle, Annapolis, Chicago, and Marblehead receive invitations to vie for the year\u2019s overall championship title. New for 2014, organizers opened up the event to teams keen to take on the best-of-the-best from the NOOD series. With support from NOOD sponsors Sunsail (providing the boats), Gill (awards, duffels, and sunglasses), Ronstan (watches) and Mount Gay Rum, the skippers bags were far from ordinary.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0081.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0081.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0081-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0081-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">The 2014 NOOD Carribbean Championship drew a diverse cast of characters. From San Diego were Gary Mozer\u2019s entourage from the J\/105 Current Obsession Pat Dore, the top J\/24 entrant from Seattle filled his team ranks with family and friends; J\/80 World Champion Brian Keane pulled in a youthful squad to represent the Annapolis NOOD (he won the J\/70 class there). Steve Knoop, the top J\/105 skipper from the Chicago NOOD brought his wife and tapped Chicago Tartan 10 sailor and part-time BVI resident Dave Hansen to pull the ropes.\nThe double-family squad from Marblehead\u2019s Rhodes 19 fleet was led by Dave Nelson, who hopped his Opti son\u2019s talent would do him right in the regatta\u2019s dingy races. Filling in for St. Petersburg winner as an open invitee was past championship competitor and San Juan 21 skipper Fisk Hayden. Dr. Jim Sears, a Viper 640 champion from San Diego and 2013 NOOD championship runner-up, returned, vowing to win the regatta and the party. And the lone wildcard of the regatta was Antigua Sailing Week champion Coleman Garvey, of Cork, Ireland, looking for serious competitive fun in the sun.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0007-edit.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0007-edit.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0007-edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0007-edit-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Rise and shine. At 0700, Sailing World editor Dave Reed (at right, standing) briefs the NOOD Championship\u2019s eight teams at the Sunsail base in Wickham\u2019s Cay, Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. On the week\u2019s agenda is a day of buoy racing, followed by four days of inter-island sprints and nightly parties.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0624.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0624.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0624-200x300.jpg 200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Clearing out for clean air, Gary Mozer\u2019s California crew heads out to the favored right side, away from traffic, to win the first race of the series.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0069.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0069.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0069-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0069-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">With winds averaging 10 knots throughout the week, and the water balmy and blue, the BVIs delivered a perfect venue for racing and relaxing.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0802.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0802.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0802-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141026_todd_0802-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">After a heated day of buoy racing, the NOOD regatta dropped into the Cooper Island Beach Club for cold beverages and a bit of Caribbean bar karate. Team Viper&#8217;s mothership (at right) lit up for the night draws sailors like moth to the flame.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_0276.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_0276.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_0276-200x300.jpg 200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Before the championship\u2019s first distance race, from The Baths on Virgin Gorda to the Bitter End YC in Virgin Gorda Sound, competitors were unleashed in the BVI\u2019s boulder and pool-strewn tourist mecca. The experience of rambling through the granite boulders is always unique, especially for first-timers.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_0354.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_0354.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_0354-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_0354-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">If only every race could start with a swim in a place so remarkable. A pre-race dip in The Baths on Virgin Gorda sets the right attitude for the day.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1618.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1618.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1618-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1618-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">With the fleet of eight Sunsail 44i\u2019s assembled at the Bitter End YC, competitors enjoyed a lay day on the island, allowing them to play in BEYC\u2019s Hobie Waves and Getaways. Some teams escaped to nearby Anegada or kitesurfed on the eastern side.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1282.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1282.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1282-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1282-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">After a four-hour race to Bitter End YC from The Baths, competitors immediately switch into dinghy mode, with each team sending one capable Laser sailor to the dinghy-racing portion of the regatta (weighted at 10 percent of a team\u2019s final score).<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1417.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1417.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1417-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1417-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Gary Mozer\u2019s dinghy ace drew the short tiller, which didn\u2019t help his cause in the Laser racing portion at Bitter End YC, but he didn&#8217;t stand a chance against Brian Keane&#8217;s ace Thomas Barrows, a college All-American, singlehanded champion, and Olympic 49er campaigner who ran away with the races.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1503.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1503.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1503-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1503-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">A lone competitor hunts from the port end of the line, looking for an entry into the committee boat pileup on the Bitter End YC\u2019s dinghy course.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1695.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1695.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1695-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141027_todd_1695-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">A few of Dr. Jim Sears\u2019 Viper entourage head out to the dingy course to lend some support, and an occasional cold beer.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0041.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0041.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0041-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0041-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">The championship\u2019s second distance race takes the fleet from Virgin Gorda Sound to Sandy Cay, via a pit stop at Guana Island\u2019s Monkey Point. After a hectic few laps inside the Sound, it\u2019s a long and lazy 20-mile downwind battle that rewards jib-pole technique and wind-shadow awareness.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141028_todd_1766.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141028_todd_1766.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141028_todd_1766-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141028_todd_1766-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">A proper beachside banquet at the Bitter End YC allows competitors to mix and plan for the scheduled lay day. Is it sail, surf, chill, or painkillers? Or is it all of the above?<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0301-1.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0301-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0301-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0301-1-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">After finishing off Sandy Cay near Jost van Dyke, competitors scattered to harbors on Jost. From the race committee&#8217;s Sunsail 444 catamaran mothership. the view of storm clouds over the USVIs was a relaxing end to a long day and some respite before heading into Foxy&#8217;s for Game 7 of the MLB World Series..<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/awards_mozer.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/awards_mozer.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/awards_mozer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/awards_mozer-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">With a a scoreline 1-6-5-2-2-2-6, Gary Mozer&#8217;s Current Obsession team won the 2014 NOOD Overall title, and with 16 people in the entourage, there were plenty of friends on hand to celebrate properly.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/awards_sears.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/awards_sears.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/awards_sears-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/awards_sears-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Jim Sears, second overall in 2013, returned with clear intentions of winning the Caribbean NOOD Championship. A very effective jib-pole system, a talented team, and support boat full of friends, he says made it all possible. His victory earned him a complimentary berth from Sunsail for the 2015 edition. Can he endure another year? We shall see.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0643.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0643.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0643-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0643-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">British Virgin Islands The last event of the 2014 NOOD REGATTA SERIES October 25 \u2013 November 1, 2014 sponsored by Sunsail Sailing Vacations. Sunsail is providing Sunsail 44i\u2019s from their charter fleet based in Road Town on Tortola, BVI.\rRace day 3 Distance race from Bitter End Yacht Club to Jost Van Dyke.\r\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM\rOUTSIDE IMAGES PHOTO AGENCY<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0647-1.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0647-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0647-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0647-1-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">After winning the distance race from Virgin Gorda to Guana Island\u2019s Monkey Point, Coleman Garvey\u2019s all-Irish squad created some exciting chaos in the day\u2019s second distance race. The race committee called for an America\u2019s Cup style racecourse with a reach-leg start, but with a last minute shift the reach became an upwind leg, with the Irish barely squeezing round the mark on port tack inches in front of all seven other competitors.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0908.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0908.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0908-200x300.jpg 200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">British Virgin Islands The last event of the 2014 NOOD REGATTA SERIES October 25 \u2013 November 1, 2014 sponsored by Sunsail Sailing Vacations. Sunsail is providing Sunsail 44i\u2019s from their charter fleet based in Road Town on Tortola, BVI.\rRace day 3 Distance race from Bitter End Yacht Club to Jost Van Dyke.\r\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM\rOUTSIDE IMAGES PHOTO AGENCY<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0969.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0969.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0969-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_0969-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">British Virgin Islands The last event of the 2014 NOOD REGATTA SERIES October 25 \u2013 November 1, 2014 sponsored by Sunsail Sailing Vacations. Sunsail is providing Sunsail 44i\u2019s from their charter fleet based in Road Town on Tortola, BVI.\rRace day 3 Distance race from Bitter End Yacht Club to Jost Van Dyke.\r\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM\rOUTSIDE IMAGES PHOTO AGENCY<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_1244.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_1244.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_1244-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_1244-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">There\u2019s no better place to kick back and rehash a long day of racing than floating off the beaches of Sandy Cay, beer in hand.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_1484.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_1484.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_1484-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141029_todd_1484-768x512.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">British Virgin Islands The last event of the 2014 NOOD REGATTA SERIES October 25 \u2013 November 1, 2014 sponsored by Sunsail Sailing Vacations. Sunsail is providing Sunsail 44i\u2019s from their charter fleet based in Road Town on Tortola, BVI.\rRace day 3 Distance race from Bitter End Yacht Club to Jost Van Dyke.\r\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM\rOUTSIDE IMAGES PHOTO AGENCY<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0066.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0066.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0066-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0066-768x512.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">The short, but intense final race from Sandy Cay to The Bight on Norman Island is always a nail biter getting through Great Thatch Cut on the western end of Tortola. The racecourse compress to a couple hundred fleet and the current runs counter at two knots. This year competitors lucked out with a surprise southwesterly, making it an easy passage.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0128.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0128.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0128-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0128-768x512.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Dave Nelson&#8217;s all-family squad from Massachusetts included a few lucky teenagers playing hooky for the week, studying instead the wind patterns, geography, and culture of the Virgin Islands. As first-time tropical snorkelers they exclaimed they felt as though they were inside the Boston Aquarium.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0130.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0130.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0130-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0130-768x512.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">British Virgin Islands The last event of the 2014 NOOD REGATTA SERIES October 25 \u2013 November 1, 2014 sponsored by Sunsail Sailing Vacations. Sunsail is providing Sunsail 44i\u2019s from their charter fleet based in Road Town on Tortola, BVI.\rRace day 4 starting at Sandy Cay and finishing at Norman Island.\r\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM\rOUTSIDE IMAGES PHOTO AGENCY<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0143.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0143.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0143-200x300.jpg 200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">British Virgin Islands The last event of the 2014 NOOD REGATTA SERIES October 25 \u2013 November 1, 2014 sponsored by Sunsail Sailing Vacations. Sunsail is providing Sunsail 44i\u2019s from their charter fleet based in Road Town on Tortola, BVI.\rRace day 4 starting at Sandy Cay and finishing at Norman Island.\r\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM\rOUTSIDE IMAGES PHOTO AGENCY<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0219_0.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0219_0.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0219_0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0219_0-768x512.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">For the final race and ultimate victory lap for Jim Sears\u2019 Team Viper, they loaded the rail with ladies from their mothership, which proved to be a wise move all around. Here, they power into the finish in The Bight.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0248.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0248.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0248-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/141030_todd_0248-768x512.jpg 768w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">For the final races skipper Brian Keane handed over the ship to his young crew; here they sail into The Bight with a fourth-place finish on the day and overall.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Paul Todd\/Outside Images<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NOOD Caribbean Championship could very well be one of the toughest one-design regattas to win: put a cast of champions into a fleet of matched 44-foot charter boats and challenge them to race from island to island over the course of the week, battling each other, the sun, tricky winds, and pounding hangovers. Yes, consistency counts, but so, too, does perseverance. Come along as we take our NOOD champions nearly one hundred miles from the BVI&#8217;s Road Town to The Bight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Dave Reed","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"20141105","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"157","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"The NOOD Caribbean Championship could very well be one of the toughest one-design regattas to win: put a cast of champions into a fleet of matched 44-foot charter boats and challenge them to race from island to island over the course of the week, battling each other, the sun, tricky winds, and pounding hangovers. Yes, consistency counts, but so, too, does perseverance. 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