Topic: catboats

It’s taken 24 years, as well as countless hours of research and editing, but ‘A History of Turtlers and Schooners of the Cayman Islands’ is finally hitting the bookshelves.

Cayman’s quaint catboats were front and center last weekend as the National Gallery welcomed families for an afternoon of activities dedicated to the little blue watercraft. Children of all ages explored the National Gallery’s new maritime exhibitions, Upon the Seas, and Saltwater in Their Veins.

A number of Cayman’s beloved catboats were in action recently at a regatta that was now become a much anticipated annual tradition in West Bay. Familiar catboats and their skippers and crews, including the Captain D and the Brac Cat, were facing off with some new arrivals on the catboat racing scene, including the Destiny, at the annual David Foster Memorial Race, which took place on Sept. 25.

Part of Cayman Islands’ history was on display at Easter catboat regatta on Monday in the sea off George Town.