We’re excited to announce the social programme for the 2010 Fireball Worlds and for International Week. It’s chock-full with great events including:
and of course, plenty of great food!
You can view and download the complete Social Programme here (pdf).
Barbados Fireball Stamp to be Issued
As part of the growing buzz in Barbados surrounding the 2010 Fireball Worlds, the Barbados Postal Service will be producing a series of stamps to mark the 2010 Fireball World Championship.
This is a huge accolade for the sport of sailing particularly the International Fireball Association!!
The official launch for the stamps will be on April 23rd and we’ll be sure to post images when they are available. For those of you traveling to Barbados, be sure to send some postcards back home with the Fireball stamps on them!
Stoutes Car Rental was already supporting the 2010 Fireball World Championships in Barbados by offering special rates to participants. Now they’ve decided to come aboard as sponsors. Thanks for the support!
There’s no better time to book your rental car than now! Check out the rentals page for more info.
The coverage given to Barbados sailing has been excellent all round with both the local press and the UK Sailing magazine Yachts and Yachting January 2010 edition carrying a two page spread on the upcoming event, this article is from the Barbados Today Online newspaper.
We are pleased to announce Williams Industries as another sponsor for the 2010 Fireball World Championships. Williams Industries Inc. (WII) is a diversified Caribbean corporation with headquarters at Warrens in Barbados. From its headquarters WII controls five wholly owned and 14 joint venture companies in Barbados and St. Lucia. WII also has significant investments in Jamaica. These companies do business in manufacturing, electrical engineering, supply to the construction industry, farming, tourism, water desalination, well drilling, real estate development, building and Equipment rental, sewage treatment, cellular communication and Tourism. The WII Group employs over 500 people. 209 of them are shareholders.
The container is loaded and ready for Barbados!
There will be plenty of updates to the gallery once the event is underway.. with just over a month to go, we’re looking forward to seeing some sailing action! In the meantime, we’ve updated the gallery with some shots of the Canadian and American teams loading their container. (Go to the gallery for more).
We’re excited to welcome Terra Caribbean as the newest sponsor to the 2010 Fireball Worlds in Barbados. Terra Caribbean specialized in Barbados property for sale and real estate in the Caribbean. Terra Caribbean is a leading luxury Barbados property sales and long-term Barbados villa rentals estate agent on the island, with a diverse team experienced in all areas of the property market including Residential properties; Commercial properties; Land for sale; Beachfront real estate ;Golf communities; Polo Estates; Marinas and Plantation Estates.
Thanks for your support!
We`ve added an Accommodations category to the Crew Finder classifieds feature. We`ve been receiving numerous requests to post non-hotel accommodations like staying on boats, shared cottages etc. If you have a specific accommodation offer, please go ahead and post your ad.
Still looking for a boat to sail in Barbados? There is a Seven Sailboats, wide bow here in Barbados available for charter. For full details contact Colin Symes in Barbados. Phone: +1 246 230 1442
There is a J24 available to sleep on. $35 US per night. Contact Colin Symes Barbados +1 246 230 1442
