Thursday, October 12, 2023
Regatta
Every October Bonaire holds a Regatta (except of course, for COVID). People and boats come from Curaçao and participate with Bonaire sailors in races. It a two week event that has parades, music, parties in the streets and of course boat and water craft races. The banks close early and restaurants have special regatta menus. The street along the waterfront closes for spectators and bleachers and sunshades are erected. It's a big deal on the island.Boats of all sizes participate from radio controlled boats, to mini bathtub-size boats, to Sunfish, to 35-50 foot sail boats. We packed up our chairs and cooler and headed out the watch the races. We realized that we know nothing about Regattas. Boats are going every direction, horns a blowing at irregular intervals, green flags go up and down, there are buoys placed around the harbor and we can see no rhyme or reason to it. We enjoyed it anyway. Any time we get a chance to sit by the sea its a good day.
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