WANDA Macon, of Jackson, Mississippi, has been visiting The Bahamas since the 1980s and last Friday was enjoying the first ever Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival Regatta.
“There is no place like it,” she said. “I think this is the land that God kissed. I think this is the land of Eden. I love the people. I love the food. I love watching regattas. You can’t get the regattas like this at home. It’s really good to come here and have that kind of experience.
“It’s really interesting to see the sailboats so close. I like to the see the sails. There is something about sails on water that is calming, that is refreshing and that’s sort of disengaging.”
The weather was perfect for the second day of races. The seven participants had to race on a 12-mile course set up in Nassau Harbour.
Dennis Smith, of Blackpoint, Exuma, won Friday’s race aboard the Lady Eunice.
“We had a pretty good race out there,” said Smith, who has been sailing for 20 years. “I would say hats off to my crew. We did a tremendous job in the first national Junkanoo Carnival regatta. The course was excellent. We couldn’t ask for a better day of sailing.”
Jeffrey McKenzie, on Keep Your Eyes on Him, placed second leading home Philip McPhee aboard the Sun Splash Thunderbird, Derrick Miller in the Flash, David Rolle on the Dream Girl, Richard Ross aboard Revelation 3:18 and Kevin Moxey on the San Sally.
Photo: Action from the regatta
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