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Welcome to svkiva.com, a cruising web site focused on Jan and Terri Buskop's Irwin 52 ketch, Kiva. We left Houston, Texas in June, 2007 starting with Key West, The Bahamas and up the East Coast to North Carolina during the summer.

In late fall 2007, we crossed back to The Bahamas to start cruising through the Caribbean. We are now in Trinidad where we plan to spend the hurricane season this year.

For winter 2008-09 we will be back cruising between the area of Grenada and St. Martin. Our major destinations are Carnival in Trinidad (February) and Classic Race Week in Antigua (April). In summer of 2009, we will be back in Trinidad for hurricane season.

We hope everyone enjoys the web site and keep sending us your emails!

Jan & Terri Buskop

 

Antigua Classic Yacht Club 2009 - April 16-21, 2009.

Shirley Heights looking over English and Falmouth harbours.
Standing at the top of Shirley Heights watching the sunset over English and Falmouth harbours, Antugua

We arrived in early April in Antigua to find a good anchorage in Falmouth Harbour before the deluge of boats arrived for the three weeks of racing and partying. The first race was the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta run by the Antigua Yacht Club, one of the largest and most renowed classic yacht races in the world. Most of the yachts were built before WWII (the oldest sailboat was built in 1898) and are things of beauty and grace, with fine lines and acres of canvas. There were also a number of newer boats built in the classic style, but using modern materiels. Whether new or old, the sailboats remind us how beautiful the old classic designs where and how difficult they were to sail through a race.

The second race was the Antigua Sailing Week (which used to be called Stanford Antigua Sailing Week until Mr. Stanford had a little problem with his Ponzi scam). More teams and less interesting boats, but faster and at least as many parties. In fact many of the boats in the race come from charter fleets all over the Caribbean, but they tend not be crewed with professionals. As a result, you can listen all day on the radio as things break and people get hurt, and that's before the parties start.

 

Irwin 52 - "KIVA"

Cruising Updates:
(For earlier updates, go to Cruising Logs by year)

Antigua Classic Yacht Club 2009
Classic sailboats racing in Antigua.

Quick Updates: March 2009
Tobago Cays and St. Lucia

J'ouvert - The start of Carnival
Paint, mud, "chipping" and beer - the real carnival starts.

Quick Updates: February 2009
Tobago and Carnival in Trinidad

Judging the Kings and Queens, Trinidad
The Senior King & Queen Preliminary and Semi-Final Competition are showcases for the ‘ Mas Designers ’ to show off their skill and artistry.  These costumes are portrayed by individuals and are very large and elaborate.  Costumes range from about 20 ft wide to about 30 ft tall, and the costumes weight more than 200 lbs.  The masqueraders have wheels on the costumes to assist them in carrying it off.  

Red Cross Children's Carnival, Trinidad
Not as elaborate of the Kings and Queens, the children from 1 years old to teenagers still have fantastic costumes and the kids have a ball.

Quick Updates: January 2009
St. Lucia and The Pitons.

The Maltese Falcon
A few shots of the largest sailboat in the world while it spent a day in Rodney Bay.

Quick Updates: December 2008
Jan's 50th birthday and Christmas in St. Lucia

December 2008 in St. Lucia
Things we saw and did while we were St. Lucia.

December 20, 2008: Sailing Pirogues
Local sailboats in Rodney arrive from Martinique for their regatta.

Quick Updates: November 2008
Leaving Trinidad and arriving in Bequia.

November 10, 2008
Boat work done during the summer in Trinidad.

Quick Updates: October 2008
Boat haul-out in Peake's and video of a Trinidad All Stars pan band.

September 30 , 2008
Pictures taken around Kemah and Bolivar in Texas after Hurricane Ike.

Sept. 7, 2008
A video shot during a bad storm one afternoon in the anchorage.

July 2008
Chaguaramas, Trinidad - Birds, Turtles and Monkeys

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