Provisional Programme of Events

 Friday April 17th 2009

• Closing day for entries

Monday, April 20th 2009

• A committee desk will be opened in the Event Village in Nelson's Dockyard

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 

• 1000 - 1700 Registration Event Village

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

• 0900- 1700 Registration Event Village

Friday, April 24th, 2009 

• 0900 Start of Guadeloupe to Antigua Race – Des Haies to English Harbour
   
• 0900- 1700 Registration Event Village
   
• 1800 Official  Antigua Sailing Week 2009 Official Press Briefing , Copper & Lumber Store
   
• Guadeloupe Race Welcome Party and Prize Giving at the Antigua Yacht Club

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

• 0800 Skippers Briefing (one person per crew only) on the lawn at the Antigua Yacht Club
   
• 1200 First Race Division A & B except Bareboats
   
• 1500 Schools' Art Competition display opens at the Admiral's Inn  
   
• 1800 ASW Welcome Party in Nelson's Dockyard

Sunday, April 26th, 2009 - Day Two

• Division A  - Around the Island Race
   

• Division B -  Dickenson Bay Race 

• 0700 Breakfast at Shirley Height's Lookout

• Fort James Beach Bash
  1400 - 1800 DJ Woody
  1800 - 2030 Spirited
  2100 - 2400 New Edition
  
  Celebrity Cricket 6-a-side, 6 Overs for 6 Bottles of English Harbour Rum
  with Richie Richardson, Curtley Ambrose, Ridley Jacobs, Kenny Benjamin and others. 
  
  "Three Cylinders"  will be playing at Russell's Bar

Monday, April 27th, 2009 - Day Three

• Division A – Racing off Southwest Coast

• Division B – Falmouth Harbour Race  
   
• Ondeck Crew Party at the Galley Bar in Nelson's Dockyard with "Dread and the Baldhead"  featuring Antigua's own celebrity cricketers Richie Richardson and Curtley Ambrose.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 - Day Four

• Division A – racing off south Coast
   
• Division B - races off South East coast
   

• Sunset Party at Shirley Heights

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 - Day Five

• Division A - Redonda Race
   
• Division B - Jolly Harbour Race
   
• Jolly Harbour Day 
   
• 1830 Captains' Cocktail Party - Jolly Harbour Golf Club (Invitation only)   
   
• 1600-2100 Chickies Hi-Fi
• 1700-1800 Zoran the Magician
•  2000-2300 Itchyfeet on the Foredeck in the Commercial Centre

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 - Day Six

• Division A - Windward/Leeward Racing
   
• Division B - Jolly to Falmouth Harbour Race  
   
• Race End Party at the Antigua Yacht Club with D.J.

Friday, May 1st, 2009 - Day Seven

• Bareboats _ Gold / Silver fleet Race
   
• 1500 Afternoon Prize giving in Nelson's Dockyard
   
• 1930 Prizegiving in Nelson's Dockyard with live music from Itchytfeet.

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

• 1200 Dockyard Day
   

• 1730 Beating of the Retreat, Nelson's Dockyard