6th Annual Bocas Del Toro regatta 2025 official schedule:
-Race info and boat registration.
You can have your boat registered in the marina office (M-F 9am to 4pm) or in the Swap Meet, Feb 8th - 9am. In the swap meet we going to have a table designated for race registrations and information. Here is when you will get you BDT regatta T-shirt + bag. The deadline for registrations will be at the skippers meeting, Sat 14th - 15:00.
The skippers meeting will take place at Calypso Cantina (Bocas Marina) Sat 14th - 15:00. Here is when the skippers will have all the information such Starting times, course way points and boat ratings for Mono and Multi hulls.
Saturday Feb 15th –
The start will be in front of Bocas Marina around 13:00 (to be confirmed), with the race marker (yellow buoy) being in one side of the starting line, and the “Committee boat SV Windfall” anchored to the North as the other marker. GPS coordinates of the marks will be given at the captains meeting. (Check "Race Course” reference)
It is a pursuit race, so everyone will get a start time dependent on the PHRF rating of your boat. This will de-clutter the start and allow for a photo finish. The DIFFERENCE in PHRF ratings correlate to how many seconds PER MILE difference between the boats. So, a boat with a rating of 100 will start 30 seconds per mile BEHIND a boat with a rating of 130 (which is 300 seconds for the 10-mile course). The monohull class will go first, then the multihull class after that. Engines must be turned off a few minutes prior to crossing the start line, and you must not cross the line before your allocated start time, or you will have to do a loop and go through again.
If you see your boat below without a PHRF rating, it means your boat may be slightly rare and the numbers unavailable. In this case we ask you to give us an example of a more popular boat, which you would consider as close as possible to the sail-ability of your vessel from the website link below. I will then cross reference this rating with other sources, with the help of the organizer of the Heineken Regatta, so please give us an honest comparison.
All the boats may be prepared for a short “parade” between Isla Colon and Isla Carenero, this way part of our sponsors/partners can have a close look at the racers. The time for the parade will be around 12:00 noon or to be announced in the skippers meeting. All the boats may be equipped with VHF at this time.
The race may start between 12:30 and 13:00 (depending on weather conditions) *to be announced in the skippers meeting. All the racers may have an operational VHF radio at this time.
The race consists in two laps with 5nm each. (Please check race course in the pics). The last position competitors normally finishes by 5pm in the N mark (south tip of Isla Carenero).
Sat Feb 15th - 6pm - Awards Ceremony party.
The awards ceremony will take place at Calypso Cantina (Bocas Marina) 6pm where you will find delicious food, drinks and live music.
The Bocas Marina and Regatta committee wish all the racers and viewers a great event!
click here to check handicaps : http://www.phrfne.org/page/handicapping/base_handicaps