Our loyal sponsor, The Sol Group, representing SHELL Marine Products, again makes the availability of our water taxi service possible for all participants of the 27th St.Maarten Heineken Regatta.

In order to insure that all participants are ferried to and from their boats in a timely and comfortable fashion, the Sint Maarten Yacht Club invested in boats over the last few years in order further improve the service this year.



The Water Taxi Pass for each crewmember racing in the Regatta is included in the entry fees and is valid for unlimited use during the official opening hours:

• Thursday, March 6^th : 16:00 - 01:00
• Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 07:00 to 09:30 and 14:00 to 01:00.

Simply hoist the yellow & red SHELL flag during the day or use the glow stick which will have changing colors this year, during evening hours (provided by us at registration) when you want to go ashore and one of our comfortable Water Taxi dinghies will come and pick you up.

Three zones, named A, B and C, have been defined for anchorage. The SHELL Water Taxi Service will only operate between these zones and a dedicated dock. You will find the area your boat has been assigned to in the last minute information handed out at registration

When it is time to board your boat, especially early in the morning when you are in a rush and bringing the supplies for the day such as lunch, water and of course the most important of them all sun tan lotion, go to the SHELL Water Taxi Service Dock.

The departure points of the taxis for the various zones (A, B or C) are indicated with large signboards. It is therefore important for you to remember in which zone you are anchored. Remembering other characteristics like the name of your boat, your bow number, etc. will be of great help to the drivers to locate your boat.

The people in the "SHELL Shirts" will do their utmost again to take you to and from your boat, before and after a great day's racing and partying.

After official opening hours at night and on Monday morning the 5th of March, a limited number of water taxis may run as part of a private enterprise. The cost thereof is not included in the Water Taxi Pass. The Regatta Organization does not accept any responsibility for any form of water taxi service rendered outside the scheduled times as mentioned above.

The Water Taxi Service is standby on VHF channel 14 for emergencies only.