Barbados Sailing Week opens the Caribbean's yearly racing season with a full week of exciting events, including the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race. The week begins with a weekend of dinghy competitions and features offshore races, RC dragon fly races, kite surfing and wing foil competitions, and of course the highly anticipated Mount Gay Round Barbados Race. The week closes with the Rum to Spice Race, which takes competitors from Carlisle Bay, Barbados to Carriacou, Grenada.

Full schedule seen below:

Sailing Events:

Online Registration and Payment
Last day Tuesday, January 13th, 2026

Rating Check and In-Person Payment
Friday, January 16, 2026,
11 AM - 1 PM Barbados Cruising Club

Skippers Briefing (Coastal Races, Round Barbados, Rum to Spice)
Friday, January 16, 2026
5.30 PM - 6.30 PM Barbados Yacht Club

Coastal Sailing Race Day 1
Sailing Week Boardwalk Experience
Saturday, January 17, 2026
10 AM - 4 PM South Coast Boardwalk

Coastal Sailing Race Day 2
Sunday, January 18, 2026
10 AM - 4 PM Carlisle Bay

Coastal Sailing Race Day 3
Monday, January 19, 2026
10 AM - 4 PM TBD

Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
8 AM - 6 PM Many viewpoints around the island

Rum to Spice Offshore Race (Barbados to Carriacou, Grenada)
Thursday, January 22, 2026
4 PM Barbados to Carriacou

Junior Sailing

Junior Dinghy Skippers Briefing
Friday, January 9, 2026
6 PM - 7 PM Barbados Cruising Club

Junior Dinghy Race Day 1
Saturday, January 10, 2026
1 PM - 5 PM Carlisle Bay

Junior Dinghy Race Day 2
Sunday, January 11, 2026
1 PM - 5 PM Carlisle Bay

Kite and Foil

Kitesurfing
Saturday, January 17, 2026
8 AM - 4 PM Long Beach

Wingfoiling
Sunday, January 18, 2026
8 AM - 4 PM Welches Beach

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