Jet Around Cayman will bring some excitement to the upcoming holiday.
Not only is Monday, 13 June, the Queen’s Birthday holiday, it also marks the date for the Island’s popular personal watercraft race.
As usual, the Public Beach on West Bay Road is hosting the race, which is scheduled to start at 1pm. Activities will be ongoing on the beach from 10am to 5pm, featuring a kids’ zone, tent city and Wow balls expo.
There will also be beach flag football and a volleyball tournaments organised by the Cayman Islands Flag Football Association and Cayman Islands Volleyball Federation, respectively.
For the race, action will be split into five classes: Pro-Open, Expert-Open, Amateur, Veteran and Rookie. Riders will jet around Grand Cayman going to West Bay, North Side and East End before finishing back at Public Beach. The race is slated to last at least two hours with three pit stops: Over The Edge Bar (North Side), East End dock and South Sound dock.
Title defence
Much of the focus on race day will be whether the Guadeloupe troupe defends their title. Christopher Lycoan won the Pro Class segment on a Honda Jet Ski and walked away with a cool US$6,000. Teammates Vincent Thomas and Vincent Karam were the runners-up. The first Cayman rider home was George “Lu-Lu” Smith of Tony’s Toys race team and he claimed US$1,500.
This year team Guadeloupe sports a new crew in Cedric Ramassamy (22), Patrick Gounouman (30), Pascal Gounouman (24), Davy Vaitilingon (25) and Fabrice Limon (32).
Official kick-off party
Today
(Friday, 10 June) marks the official kick-off party with a concert at Margaritaville. Doors open at 8pm.
For more information log on to www.jac.com.ky or call 949-8423.
LIME
Cayman Islands Department of Tourism
Cayman Airways Ltd
Heineken
Butterfield
Caymanian Compass
Red Bull
Crighton Properties
Weststar TV
Cayman Islands Watercraft Association
Wes-Tec Performance
Laughter Lounge Comedy Show
Reflections
Fast Signs
Intec Research Sound and Lighting
The Snack Shack Mobile Concession
Titan Security
Paramount Carpets
Paramount Media
Vibe 98.9FM
Spin 94.9FM
Monster Media
10am-5pm: Beach volleyball, beach flag football, kids’ zone, tent city, Wow balls expo, bikini show, dance performances
1pm: Race start
3pm: Race end
4pm: Awards ceremony
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