Antigua Classic Yacht Races

http://www.antiguaclassics.com/09html/gallery00.html

Here is the link to the Antigua Classic Yacht Race Gallery. It is an amazing collection of mostly large sailboats in all sorts of configurations.
Ashanti of Saba is the boat in the background.

I was hired as the Chef on Ashanti of Saba in January of 1989. I was living in the USA . It was a Very Cold winter when I received a call from Nigel at Newport Yacht Services telling me about an opportunity on a Schooner that was in St. Marteen.It did not take much time to make a decision. I looked outside it was 10 degrees , snowing with 2 foot high snow drifts. I said yes and was on a plane in two days . I arrived in St Marteen at 11 pm. The next morning I was shopping with 20,000$ cash in my pocket. The only instruction I had was to stock the boat with enough food and beverages to last for a charter that included 14 German Sailors for two weeks. Needless to say Beer was a part of the supplies. I bought and the guests consumed 30 cases ( 24 each). It was an amazing couple of weeks with the group group of 14 from Germany... most were very experienced sailors. We had a great time.....I will tell more stories at a later time.

Thanks to Captain Uli Prusse, Marcel, Gary and the rest of the crew on Ashanti of Saba.It was an unbelievable experience. I will never forget setting the " Yankee Fisherman "tacking and going rail down at 17 plus knots .Gary I hope you and Christi are still happy.

Thanks

Richard Lawton
ClassicYachtChef.com