St. Thomas International Regatta 2025

Nearly 60 boats in six classes, from one-design to CSA handicap, competed in the 51st St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR) on March 28-30. Winning the locally prominent IC24 Class was St. Thomas’ Teddy Nicolosi, assisted by an all-star crew that included sister Graceann, brother-in-law Mac Agnese, Olympian Thomas Barrows, and father Dan, past commodore of the St. Thomas Yacht Club.

In the IC24 Class, Nicolosi also won the 2025 IC24 Caribbean Championship, an event within STIR this year. Puerto Rico’s Marco Teixidor finished second with Cy Thomas in third.

Kinship, a 52′ Baltic skippered by the USA’s Ryan Walsh, won the CSA Racing Class. “We started the season cruising and then switched into race mode to sail the RORC Caribbean 600, St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, and now STIR,” says Walsh, whose crew represented a mix of friends and family. “We enjoyed the mix of round-the-islands courses.”

The USA’s Øivind Lorentzen driving Jax, a 43′ Brooklin Boat Yard design, finished second, while El Ocaso, a J/122 with the UK’s Dan McGanty at the helm, ended third.

In the CSA Non-Spinnaker Class, the USA’s Martin van Breems’ Jeanneau 409 Tatihou raced first, proving that cruising boats can have as much fun as hot rod racers.

“We had good starts and sailed well,” says van Breems, who owns the Sound Sailing Center in Norwalk, Connecticut, and sailed STIR as the finale to his annual spring Bareboat Certification Course. “It would be great to get more cruising boats out next year.”

STIR served as the first leg of the 2005 VX One Caribbean Championship which ends at the BVI Spring Regatta. The USA’s Sandra Askew’s Flying Jenny handily won the class with eight firsts in 11 races. “I loved one-design racing because all the boats are the same,” says Askew.

St. Croix native Tim Pitts, president of the VX One North American Class, finished second while St. Thomas’ Chris Cilliers and St. Maarten’s Jolyon Ferron on Easy Breezy Cheesy ended in third.

Thunder and Lightning, a TF10, won the Multihull Class. “We were only able to sail two races the first day and discovered structural issues with the boat,” says Jim Gibson, captain. “It was a great time, and we look forward to next year.”

Finally, in the 9-boat Hobie Wave Class, the UK’s Ian Bartlett won on Nuts/Bartlett. “I’ve been sailing in this regatta since 2007,” says Bartlett. “It was great to see some of the younger sailors competing in the class.”

In second was St. Thomas teen boys Finn Hodgins and Will Zimmerman, with third claimed by St. Thomas’ Mila Melbourne.

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