As every year, the Bucket is the most important nautical event in Saint Barth. And this year, 34 sailboats took the start for three days of exceptional racing.

Photo Alexandre Peter - Saint Barth Bucket 2019

Photo Alexandre Peter – Saint Barth Bucket 2019

The event is spectacular. Admire 34 sailboats over 30 metres in races around the island. The event is festive every evening on the quays where Saint Barth and tourists meet the most beautiful sailing boats in the world. The event is charitable because the organizers make donations. This year, two structures will benefit from this generosity. Help St Barth, which is rebuilding several houses destroyed by Irma and Coral Restoration Saint Barth which is fighting for the preservation and reconstruction of coral reefs.

Photo Alexandre Peter - Saint Barth Bucket 2019

Photo Alexandre Peter – Saint Barth Bucket 2019

Every year, it is always a perfect event, even if every Bucket is different from year to year, the organizers do their best to make this event unforgettable. It has been a course of action for 25 years.

Photo Alexandre Peter - Saint Barth Bucket 2019

Photo Alexandre Peter – Saint Barth Bucket 2019

Four of the largest yacht builders, Perini Navi, Royal Huisman, Rybovich and Vitters play a major role every year. Indeed, the majority of the sailboats participating in this regatta are leaving their workshops.

Photo Alexandre Peter - Saint Barth Bucket 2019

Photo Alexandre Peter – Saint Barth Bucket 2019

Everyone will certainly have had the opportunity to notice Pink Gin VI, a 54 meter sloop of the carbon hull is candy pink. Of course, there are also the great regulars such as Perseus, Nilaya, Visione, Adela, Axia, Rebecca, Sojana etc….

Photo Alexandre Peter - Saint Barth Bucket 2019

Photo Alexandre Peter – Saint Barth Bucket 2019

This year’s big winner is Hetairos, but let’s not forget either that the whole island of Saint Barth is a winner with this regatta: hotels, villas, restaurants, shops, service providers, etc….. fill up for a few days.

About Author

Monique Turbé grew up in a family of five children. Before becoming a respected hotelier, her father, Guy Turbé, was one of the first contractors on the Island. At the age of 18, Monique Turbé started her first construction, like her father, the “White Sand Beach Cottages, in Flamands. This property attracted prestigious guests, like Jackie Kennedy-Onassis and her son John-John, or Roman Polanski. In 2013, the Villa Mélissa was sold to a Venezuelan couple that fell in love with the property. Monique then decided to buy and renovate a new property that she called like her granddaughter: the “Villa Lenalee”. With this new property, Monique Turbé, created MY VILLA IN ST- BARTH, an exclusive concierge service dedicated to her two private villas. One of Guy Turbé’s last dreams was to see Monique create her own real estate company to look after the villas he had built and carry on the legacy. As an homage to her beloved father, she became the founder, chairman and partner of MY VILLA IN ST BARTH Real Estate, the first real estate agency founded by a St-Barths native and a villas owner.

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