It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the 28th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta.
Preparations are in full swing to make this one a great experience again.
Please find below all the information about accreditation, registration, press conferences, press releases and our media boats, hotels service etc. Our entire promotional committee is ready to help you with all your media-related needs and to make this the best regatta you have ever experienced. Herb McCormick, Bob Grieser, Titia Reijntjes, Bea Hootsmans, Barbara Warren, and a team of volunteers staff this year’s media centre. Between them you will find English, Dutch, French, German and Spanish spoken.
ACCREDITATION FORMS
These are available on our website and now also work on mac.
You can submit the form to us together with a letter of assignment for your publication. With this assignment letter you can apply for free accommodation which will be available on a first-come-first serve basis. Please send it to us at your earliest convenience, as we will not be able to guarantee accommodation last minute.
MEDIA REGISTRATION HOURS
- Wednesday March 5 11.00 am to 4.00 pm at The Sint Maarten Yacht Club at Simpson Bay Bridge
- Thursday March 6 11.00 am to 4.00 pm at The Sint Maarten Yacht Club at Simpson Bay Bridge
On each day of racing our media volunteers will be available in the new Sailors Lounge from 4 pm to 7 pm or until that day’s results are distributed if there is a delay.
MEDIA BOATS
Media boats are available for working media personnel wishing to get close to the action.
Titia is in charge of placing people on boats and will be glad to help you. The initial allocation for media boats will be made during registration. If you should want to change your plans, and would like to be put on (if we have any places left) or taken off the list after all, please let us know as soon as possible at the media booth.
Please note that if you are booked on a media boat you must re-confirm your assignment before 8.00 p.m. on the day prior to your trip or someone else may be given your place.
Media personnel will meet at the Sint Maarten Yacht Club at 7.30 am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Boats will leave the St. Maarten Yacht Club staging area both mornings at 8.00 am Please be there on time as the boats will have to leave as planned in order to make it to the start in time.
On Sunday, we gather at 7.15 am for a 7.30 am departure. Titia will be there to answer your last minute questions. Lunch and drinks will be available on the media boats. Note: media personnel are advised to bring sun tan lotion and any other sun protection you require as it may be very hot on the water.
PRESS CONFERENCES
To keep up with the news, three press conferences have been organized this year to give better overall coverage of the event.
Our first press conference will be held on Thursday March 6th. 18.00 hrs in Restaurant La Terrasse at Port de Plaisance (behind the hotel lobby).
We strongly suggest you attend. Robbie Ferron (regatta chairman and co-founder) and Herb McCormick will be there to answer your questions, and we hope to be joined by some of the sailors who have taken part in most of the 27 regattas, plus top names from some of this year’s stand-out boats.
For the first time there will be a press conference with the artists performing at the 28th Sint Maarten Heineken Regatta.
This one will be held on Friday March 7th 17.00 hrs at Sonesta Maho Beach Resort, Maho Bay in the Royal Pavilion room behind the pool area. Present will be LA Crew, Intwine, Allison Hinds and Shaggy.
The third press conference will be held on Saturday March 8th. 18.00 hrs in Le Plongeoir in Marigot. Le Plongeoir is across from Marina Fort Louis. For further information on the press conferences please email
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RACE RESULTS
Provisional race results will be available daily from the media centre as soon as they are made available to us by the race committee. On the final day, race results for that day will be publicly posted as usual. The press will however be given the final cumulative results as soon as possible, so they may conduct interviews.
