America's Cup

[joebert]

We have done the America's Cup Reggatta in St. Martin twice and loved it.

 

We are going on a 3 day cruise in Febrauary to the Bahamas. I see an America's Cup listed as a shore excursion.

 

I have seen the St. Martin one mentioned many times but not the one in the Bahamas.

 

Is the Bahamas the one as good as the one in St Matin?

[cfshgo]

Joebert,

 

Great question, I am interested as well! Can anyone help us out?

[suezyq50]

No comments from any one? I would like to see some feedback also.

[truffles2]

The one in the Bahamas is relatively new and I expect that is the reason that there are not a lot of comments yet.

[pepsicruiser]

I can only say I've done it in Maui, Newport and St. Martin and each one was great ... so I can only assume you can't go wrong. How bad can a sailboat ride in the waters off Nassau be lol. The best one was in Maui though.

[snowmouse]

I'd really like to know this, too. We have done it in St. Maarten as well, and were thinking of trying it in Nassau. I did notice there is a price is different for each location, $109 vs $87. Any thoughts on why this would be?

[sailandcruise]

They appear fairly similar.

 

Here are the web sites for each:

 

St. Maarten: http://www.12metre.com/

Nassau: http://www.sailnassau.com/

 

Obviously, they use different boats.

 

In St. Maarten the boats are True North I (KC-87), Stars and Stripes '87 (US-55), Stars and Stripes (US-56), Canada II (KC-2), and True North IV (KC-IV). These were all designed for the 1987 Americas Cup in Freemantle, Australia. In Nassau they are NZL 10 and NZL 12.