Jamaica / Special Interests / Events

A highlight of the Jamaica yachting calendar is the Pineapple Cup Montego Bay Race, which started in 1961 and takes place every other year in early February (next due in 2013). This is an ocean race which starts at Port Everglades in Florida and takes sailors on an 811 nautical mile course through the Bahamas, the Windward Passage and finally to the finishing line by the airport in Montego Bay. The 2005 race was won in record time by Titan 12 which took two days, 10 hrs and 24.42 minutes, beating the 2003 record by almost 13 hours.