We arrived in Georgetown in time for the cruisers regatta.  The regatta lasted ten days and was comprised of games, sporting events, entertainment and boat races.  (Summer camp for adults.)   The first night had the opening ceremonies with a pet parade where the categories included dogs, non-dogs (cats and a crab) and other.  What is other?  Well we had a rare spotted haggis (A guy with spotted clothes on all fours being led around on a leash).  There was a best pirate costume contest (this year's
theme).  The winner looked just like Johnny Depp.  The musical portion of the evening included the appearance of the Blues Brothers, the California Raisons and Elvis.  All this followed by a pirate's ball.

John and I participated in the Coconut Challenge.  We were on separate teams of four people for the coconut challenge.  The challenge was comprised of four events.  The first and wettest event involved collecting floating coconuts in the water using dinghies.  The dinghies were propelled by fin power.  Each person had one swim fin as a paddle to be used with your hand - all feet to stay in the boat.  This is where big feet help i.e. large fins.  Our friend Linda can leave her fins at home.  We were
not allowed to steal coconuts from another boat but if they floated out by themselves they were fair game - that's where the buckets came into play - pouring water into other boats.    The second contest was bowling with coconuts.  For each Kalik bottle knocked over in four minutes you got a point.  Rolling the coconut was not an option as they do not roll straight, so you had to throw them at the bottle.  The third game was to throw the coconut through a tire.  Again one point was earned for each
successful throw in four minutes.  The last coconut contest was coconut basketball.  In the end my team came in almost last.  John's team was in the middle of the 24 teams. 

The next event that we participated in was the scavenger hunt.  We had a team of six and had to find various items on Stocking Island and in Georgetown itself across the harbor.  (The boat with the largest dinghy motor went to town.)  Some of the items we had to find were duct tape, a pirate movie, cars movie, February pilot chart of the Caribbean, count the number of boards on Queen Anne's dock, a canvas bucket, a cold Kalik beer (for the judges), and expired flares (the oldest flares got extra
points - the oldest flares were from 1974! - people actually had these on their boats).  We also needed a brownie at least 1" x 1" so I spent the time on the boat baking brownies (if our fiend Nile was there that would be his job).  We did well but didn't finish in the top three.

The big event was the around Stocking Island boat race - about 18 miles.  We sailed on Idunno with Mike and June and Bob and Carol from Time Enough.  The wind was blowing 15 knots with good sized waves.  We had a great race and won the baking contest.  Yes baking.  In addition for prizes for winning the race, prizes were given for the best baked item prepared underway, biggest fish caught while sailing and the best picture taken.  We won the baking contest with a Crème Brule (our friend Linda's favorite).
 Bob did a great job separating eggs with a 20 degree heal on the boat.  We even browned the sugar on top with a torch.  Carol created a great presentation with palmetto leaves arranged around the serving dish. 

The other events that were held throughout the week included beach golf, tennis, Texas hold'em, bocce ball, bridge, small boat races, in the harbor boat race, softball, fun volleyball, regulation volleyball and sand sculpture.

The last night of the regatta was the variety show with singing, instrumentals, comedy skits and a conch horn serenade.  As they say - a great time was had by all.      

The regatta had all the organized games.  Of course any gathering of cruisers will have the requisite sundowner parties and potlucks on the beach.  John and I went to several southbound cruisers meetings.  This is where we met other cruisers who are also heading south to Trinidad and other parts south.  The day after the regatta ended we headed for Thompson Bay on Long Island.