The Kites are coming! 

As the news of the Tobago Carinival Regatta 2009 spreads among the sailing community, the Kite boarders and wind surfers are getting in on the action. Even as the word is getting around, the excitement is rapidly reaching its peak as the wind picks up.

A strong northerly wind has been blowing directly into Pigeon Point from the sea from the dawn of the new year and this news is adding to the fevered pitch.

No where is the Caribbean has there ever been a Regatta like the Tobago Carnival Regatta 2009. Hosted on the beautiful Pigeon Point beach just meters off the breathtaking Nylon Pool and lagoon, it will be surrounded by a virgin landscape of a thick canopy of trees on one side and the Buccoo barrier reef on the other.

If you Google Pigeon Point you will see how pristine it is.

What better conditions to sail and enjoy the surrounding elements.

Sailors can rest easy as there is great news for all the foreign boats coming into Tobago for the Tobago Carnival Regatta In an effort to make the Tobago Carnival Regatta 2009 a seamless and enjoyable experience, Regatta Promoters Ltd with the corporation of the Immigration Office in Tobago will be designating Pigeon Point as a Point of Entry for all boats registering for the regatta on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th February 2009.

A pirate Prize

No it's not a chest of gold, although for some sailors good wind, good friends and good sailing is more than any pot of gold from the stories of ole.

What the management of the Tobago Carnival Regatta is offering is a regatta with a Theme, a pirates lure.

When you walk on to the beach as Pigeon Point in Tobago on the 10^th of February there will be many changes to the scene. You will have to wait to see for yourself

High level team in place _ Disaster Management plan

With the building number of participants taking part in the newly rebranded Tobago Carnival Regatta 2009, a high level team of experts have come together to put together a Disaster management team that will be overlooking the safety and security of the event.

There is heightened excitement among the islands as the Southern Caribbean Circuit draws near.

Each island's pride is at stake. At each leg of the Circuit Bum Boats, Heritage Boats and Work Boats vie for bragging rights as the best of the Southern Caribbean.

Thousands of locals line the beaches in Carriacou and Grenada each year to see the colourful boats push off from the beach and speed off into the wind, sails full to make their villages proud.

The regatta is now just under a month away and excitement is building. As we celebrate our 25th Anniversary this year it is time to reflect on the history of the Angostura Tobago Sail Week.

The idea of staging a major regatta in the Southern Caribbean emerged in 1980 when five of Trinidad’s sailing enthusiasts put their heads together, no doubt over a couple of drinks. Rawle Barrow, Kevin Kenny, John and Sydney Knox and Michael Rostant put the idea to other regional yacht clubs, and Tobago was selected as the ideal venue.

There is a definite change blowing in the wind with the Regatta Promoters' launch of the Tobago Carnival Regatta to be held in Tobago from the 10th - 14th February 2009. This young, proactive group, now transforming what had previously been the called Angostura Tobago Sail Week, brings with it many changes. Regatta Promoters Ltd. are pulling out every stop to make next years Regatta as unique as any in the region and perhaps the world.