On the podium at the Heineken Regatta!
Christophe Cols is the owner of an Eclipse 472. A racing, he has taken part in every edition of the Heineken Regatta since 2018. This great regatta, open to almost all sailing boats - more than 100 registered -, has been held every year in March in Sint Maarten for 40 years. Four days of sailing and trade winds are on the program – and not forgetting the parties. Our faithful reader shares us his logbook.
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“It was my dream, to take part in the Heineken Regatta. Going through the bridge and the parade to reach the lagoon, the atmosphere every evening during the great concerts, I love it! A few years ago, I met Pierre-Walter Varkala alias ‘Piwi’ from Calypso Croisière: I entrusted him with the management of Cyflotin, my Eclipse 472. The condition was that I could take part in the Heineken Regatta. Based in Martinique, Piwi bought a KL28 Trophy, for giving sport catamaran lessons. In 2018, he finished 3rd in our class aboard Kataplasm, his racing machine, while I came in last. But it was my first t…
