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Valentines Day Cup 2014

PRESS RELEASE : February 17, 2014

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VALENTINES DAY CUP MODEL SAILBOAT RACES, MIDDLE CAICOS, Turks & Caicos Islands.

Bambarra beach, Middle Caicos in the Turks & Caicos Islands was the place to be this Saturday February 15th, 2014 for the fourteenth annual Valentines Day Cup Model Sailboat Races. Begun as a milennium project in 2000 to revive the traditional hand carved model sailboats – a beloved toy in bygone years – this wonderful event is now a major feature on the TCI calendar each year with over 50 model sailboats boats participating in four race classes. And new for 2014, the Premiers Cup race for the large (over 40” ) boats was officially initiated as the Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing, Premier of the Turks & Caicos Islands, took to the water! Participation across the board was very keen with over a dozen captains in the water racing boats in each class, with an enthusiastic crowd on the beach cheering everyone round the course!! Continue reading