Training together

Carolin and Rodrigo Chapoy are perfecting theirs tricks, Carolina landing the half twist back flip and Rodrigo sticking his front flip. They have trained together for many hours on the water and helped each other to reach their goals.

Best friends learning to ski together

Bradley and Harry two best friends from the UK are having s great time learning to ski together, they both having spent all their Easter vacations together for the past five years. I think there will be many more water skiing trips together.

Bradley Irving



Best friend Harry on the skimmer for the first time today, he will be single skis by the end of the day! Great skiing boys!


Student of the week

Learning to ski in the pool

Fantastic skiing by the White and Dempsey Kids learning to Waterski in the pool in Orlando.
Carly, Macy, Grace & Jonny
Fathers Cully and Pat held the kids at the start and they were soon on their way across the pool having a great time.


3 year old Carly having a blast

Location:Students of the week

Carolina and Rodrigo Chapoy are back in Orlando training with us, it's great to see them here again. We've missed them!



Rodrigo and Mario working on Flips

St Barths Bucket Ragatta

The Salperton crest looking amazing on the junica sail with the sun shining directly behind it, beautiful.


Andy Green our driver handling the perfectly






What an amazing experience,

What a whirlwind trip, I was back in Orlando Thursday evening at home with my family by 10.30pm. Getting back in the MasterCraft tomorrow morning will seem a little strange I feel.

Super Yacht Racing in St Barths

Well not how I usually spend my time on the waters of the world, but when invited to join Barry Houghton owner of Salperton 4 a 47 meter super Yacht and his professional crew and former Americas Cup crew Andy Green our driver, Cameron Appleton our tactition and Charlie our skipper to name but a few. This was going to be an amazing oportunity to join and be involved in a completly different professional arena and learn from some of the best in the business.

Salperton
47 meter long super racing yacht


We left the dock and joined the boat at 9.30am and following a briefing, checks and sail preporation and wooling we were on our way under sail by 1.00pm. I have to say I was blown away by the scale of engineering and equipmenon on the boat and the level of team work and skill needed to sail a boat of this size. At 250 tons Salperton is big, but amazingly nimble and fast to manouver with this very capable crew. The first day of practice was all about testing to equipment and loads on the sails, the rigging and the boat. Following tests we would then go through many of the manuvours used in tactical racing, jibes, tacking etc and of course switching between the different sails used in Racing, the reach, the blade and the larger kite sail the junica all of which are on the bow side of the mast and create that all important power and speed in sail racing!

With 6 full time crew, 25 professional sailers and 5 guests onboard, this huge boat got surprisingly hectic at times.
Especially when it was all hands on deck, to help with the bringing in of the 1550 square meter junica kite sail!



39 boats will take part in this years 3 day race, a minimum length of 100' is required to enter the Bucket Race Regata.

Location:Events

The Famous Bucket Race Sailing Regata in St Barths

I have arrived in St Barths for 1 day a of practice race sailing ahead of the famous Bucket Race Regata, Its shame I do not have the time to stay and be part of the race at the weekend, but stoked to have had the oportunity to be part of the preporations and practice for the race.
St Barths just after sunrise

Location:Events