2009 Grenada Round-the-Island Race
The Horizon Region Guadeloupe shattered our race record!
They won in 3 hours, 54 minutes and 2 seconds.
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Pictures courtesy Joshua Yetman.
Horizon Region Guadalupe led the multihull category with Genesis coming in second with a corrected time of 451.62 minutes.
Category 5 took the lead in the racing class with a time of 376.38 minutes and Boxxer led the cruising class competition with a time of 408.67 minutes.
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THIS YEAR'S EVENT WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS!
In addition to the traditional round-the-island race, this year included a two-day party on the beach attended by over a 1,000 people.
On Saturday a lively group of youth gathered at Grand Anse beach for fun in the water and on land.
Kids from the LIMES After School Program and Queen Elizabeth's Home for Children tossed water balloons, played lime and spoon relays and enjoyed face painting on the beach.
The Budget Marine Youth Sailing Exhibition displayed talented and energetic youth sailing their personal watercrafts. After several races, the overall optimist winner was Shakeem Collins and the overall laser winner was Micheal Mc Queen.
On Sunday the beach activities really heated up and a huge crowd gathered by the end of the day to enjoy the festivities.
The first annual Bathtub Derby was a hit with everyone on the beach.
Mark De Caul was the winner in the one-man boat competition, racing his simple wooden vessel called Trial and Error, while Ivor Trimm's team won the two-man competition in the bicycle-powered Saltfish Souse.
Delicious food was sold all day at A Taste of Grenada while live music from the The Steel Band, The Tivoli Drummers and Baracuda Band serenaded the crowd until after dark.
Peter David, Minister of Tourism, speaking at the award-giving ceremony on Sunday afternoon said the Grenada Round-the-Island Race weekend was a great event for the people of Grenada and promised his full support for the event in years to come.
Organizers of the event are thrilled with the weekend turnout and are already eagerly planning an even bigger and better event for next year. Official dates coming soon!
The Grenada Round-the-Island Race is grateful to all of this year's participants, volunteers and sponsors. Our sponsors include: Carib, Spronk's Limited, Bananas Restaurant, Spronk's Mega Yahct Services, Real Value Supermarket, Grenada Board of Tourism, Bryden & Minors, Budget Marine, Grenada Yacht Club, Garfield's Beach Bar, Camper and Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Waggy-T, Horizon Yacht Charters, Flow, Shabbazz Jewellery, Wave Crest Holiday Apartments, ScubaTech, Grenada Info and Activities, Island Water World, Grenada Marine, Glenelg, The Canvas Shop Grenada, True Blue Bay Resort, Westerhall Rum, North South Wines, Di Vino, D Sports Shop, Grenada Grande Beach Resort, L.L. Ramdhanny and De La Grenade.
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