Strong debut in St. Barth

PREVAIL was the first YYacht to compete in the St. Barth Bucket. She played to her strengths in light winds.

For 30 years, three days in March have been a fixed date in the regatta calendar of numerous superyacht owners. This is when perhaps the most prestigious superyacht regatta in the world, the St. Barths Bucket, takes place. Off the Caribbean island, the preferred retreat of many celebrities, 26 yachts up to 56 meters in length took to the starting line this year, with others entered as “social non-racing entries”. Among them was a YYachts model for the first time in Bucket history, the 90-foot PREVAIL from our Custom division.

The Tripp 90 brings competitive performance to the regatta course and combines this with comfortable sailing behaviour. This is achieved through our customary, consistent weight reduction in the construction and finishing of the yacht: the hull, internal structure and rig of the custom yacht were made of carbon.

These were ideal conditions for this year’s Bucket, which is usually spoiled by wind and was characterized by very light winds for the first time in its history during the three days of racing. Photographer Michael Kurtz, who was on site for YYachts and others, commented on the event as follows: “I’ve been at the Bucket since 2012 and can’t remember having virtually no wind at times. On the second day, there were practically 15 boats on the water within a radius of 300 meters.” PREVAIL had escaped from this situation a little earlier and won the second of a total of three races in its “Les Petites Dames” class. Overall, it was enough for third place after three races in a strong field.

We would like to congratulate the PREVAIL owner and his crew on this extraordinary achievement. This regatta in particular showed that our lightweight construction has great advantages in light winds. Of course, the yacht would also have performed brilliantly in harsher conditions.