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2023 Bahamas Junior Sunfish Champion Craig Ferguson.
Christina Manos, rookie sailor of the regatta; and Emit Knowles. photos: exuma sailing club
The 2023 Bahamas Junior Sunfish Nationals took place this past weekend in beautiful Elizabeth Harbour in George Town, Great Exuma. The Exuma Sailing Club hosted the event for the first time and welcomed 10 sailors from the Bahamas National Sailing School (BNSS) from Nassau, and 14 of its own sailors from Exuma.
The weather conditions provided some big challenges for the smaller, younger and newer sailors to overcome, with winds up over 20 knots for most of the races. However, the seasoned veteran junior sailors from New Providence embraced the chance to test their skills in conditions typical for November in Exuma – big winds and tight chop straight from the eastern end of Elizabeth Harbour
Finishing third overall from the Exuma Sailing Club was Joss Knowles. Drawing on his years of experience sailing in similar conditions in Elizabeth Harbour, Knowles kept the pressure on Ferguson and Weech throughout the competition.
Sailing to fourth place was Norman Cartwright from the BNSS, and in fifth place was Tanaj Manos of the Exuma Sailing Club.
Other sailors recognized were Christina Manos of the Exuma Sailing Club for the rookie sailor of the regatta. Jaron Francis of the BNSS got the “Class Act” sportsmanship award, and Kianno Hutchinson of the Exuma Sailing Club received the “Grit” award, given to the sailor that shows the most tenacity and never quit attitude throughout the whole event.
Coach Dallas Knowles of the Exuma Sailing Club praised the efforts of the Nassau Sailors and BNSS.
“It’s always great to have sailors visit us and enjoy sailing in one of the most beautiful places in The Bahamas. We know the effort it takes to bring teams of sailors and boats to off-island regattas, so hats off to Pedro Rahming from the BNSS, as well as
Jimmie and Lori Lowe for their amazing efforts to help make this regatta happen. We look forward to hosting this and similar events here for years to come. We enjoy the competition against higher level sailors, especially having two of the best here in Ferguson and Weech. It helps to show us how much farther we need to go as a club to compete. On the whole, we are very happy with the sailing and sportsmanship shown by all the athletes this past weekend, and of course we are so proud of our Exuma Sailing Club sailors for being good hosts and competing hard for the whole weekend.”
Most known for hosting the National Family Island Regatta every year in April, Exuma has now also hosted two national sailing events, Opti Nationals in 2020 and now the just concluded Sunfish Nationals.