Antigua Sailing Week
Antigua Sailing Week takes place Apr 24 - 30, 2027 (the regatta runs the week from the last Saturday in April; 2026 ran Apr 25 - May 1) in English Harbour, Antigua and Barbuda. The dress code is Tropical casual and swimwear by day. Themed party nights, including the long-running white party, reward playing along, and the final prize-giving is smarter than the rest of the week. Typical cost ranges from 500 to 3500 EUR per person.
Running since 1967 out of Nelson's Dockyard in English Harbour, this is the closing set piece of the Caribbean season, with several days of racing in steady 15 to 20 knot trades. The fleet spans grand-prix boats, bareboat charters and cruising yachts, and the shoreside programme of prize-givings, beach parties and Reggae in the Park draws as many people as the sailing. English and Falmouth Harbours fill with superyachts and delivery crews for the week.
- When
- Apr 24 - 30, 2027 (the regatta runs the week from the last Saturday in April; 2026 ran Apr 25 - May 1)
- Where
- English Harbour, Antigua and Barbuda
- Dress code
- Tropical casual and swimwear by day. Themed party nights, including the long-running white party, reward playing along, and the final prize-giving is smarter than the rest of the week.
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 500 to 3500 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 28 - 30C, hot and dry with steady 15 - 20 knot trade winds
- When to book
- Book Antigua flights and English or Falmouth Harbour rooms 6+ months ahead; charter berths and crew places go through the regatta crew finder from January
- Getting there
- ANU (Antigua V.C. Bird), 45 min to English Harbour
- Where to stay
- The Inn at English Harbour (grand, on its own beach at the harbour mouth), Admiral's Inn & Gunpowder Suites (boutique, inside Nelson's Dockyard itself), South Point Antigua (modern and central on Falmouth Harbour)
- Official site
- https://sailingweek.com
How to attend
Shoreside prize-givings and events at Nelson's Dockyard are open to the public, with some parties and concerts ticketed at modest prices. Watch racing free from Shirley Heights and the English and Falmouth Harbour headlands. To sail, enter your own boat through sailingweek.com, charter a bareboat locally, or register on the regatta's crew finder - the bareboat and charter route is a well-worn path for visiting amateurs. Book everything early, because the island is fully committed for the week.
Racing is free to watch from Shirley Heights and the harbour headlands and the dockyard prize-givings are open to all; the occasional concert is paid for at the door rather than booked online.
Insider tip
Shirley Heights, high above the harbour mouth, is the classic viewpoint - go for a race start rather than the famous Sunday barbecue and you get the whole view without the queue.
Get inside Antigua Sailing Week
Booking matters here: book Antigua flights and English or Falmouth Harbour rooms 6+ months ahead; charter berths and crew places go through the regatta crew finder from January. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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