{"id":1199,"date":"2026-08-21T14:28:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/charpentiers\/mermaid-of-carriacou\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:08:06","slug":"mermaid-of-carriacou","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/charpentiers\/mermaid-of-carriacou\/","title":{"rendered":"Mermaid of Carriacou"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mermaid-1.jpg\" alt=\"Le Mermaid of Carriacou sous voiles\" class=\"wp-image-1182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mermaid-1.jpg 368w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mermaid-1-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-image__caption\">Mermaid of Carriacou sous voiles \u2014 sloop aurique sans moteur. Photo : carriacoumermaid.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Type<\/strong> \u2014 sloop de Carriacou \u00e0 gr\u00e9ement aurique, sans moteur<\/li><li><strong>Construit<\/strong> \u2014 ann\u00e9es 1960 (une source isol\u00e9e avance 1996, non confirm\u00e9e)<\/li><li><strong>Longueur<\/strong> \u2014 44 pieds \u2014 env. 13,4 m<\/li><li><strong>Constructeur<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/zepherine-mclaren\/\">Zepherine McLaren<\/a>, Windward, Carriacou<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Le bateau qui a tout relanc\u00e9<\/h2><p>Mermaid est n\u00e9 d\u2019un pari. Au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1960, la construction navale de Carriacou se meurt. Le yachtsman J. Linton Rigg mise 500 dollars EC sur quiconque construira un bateau capable de battre celui qu\u2019il vient de commander \u00e0 Zepherine McLaren. Le pari est gagn\u00e9 au-del\u00e0 de l\u2019esp\u00e9r\u00e9 : non seulement Mermaid gagne, mais \u00e0 force d\u2019essayer de le battre, les charpentiers de l\u2019\u00eele se remettent \u00e0 construire.<\/p><p>McLaren dessina \u00ab un sloop aux proportions \u00e9l\u00e9gantes et aux lignes fines \u00bb. Le bateau remporta les courses neuf ann\u00e9es cons\u00e9cutives. De ce d\u00e9fi est n\u00e9e la Carriacou Regatta, devenue le plus ancien rendez-vous de voile encore couru dans les Cara\u00efbes.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Une seconde vie<\/h2><p>Dans les ann\u00e9es 1970, un Am\u00e9ricain rach\u00e8te et restaure le bateau. D\u00e9crit par <em>Caribbean Compass<\/em> comme \u00ab l\u2019un des grands excentriques de la voile carib\u00e9enne \u00bb, il vit \u00e0 bord depuis et navigue dans toute la Cara\u00efbe sans aucune assistance m\u00e9canique. Une plaque est fix\u00e9e au-dessus du capot de descente : <em>\u00ab God does not deduct from our allotted life-span, the time spent sailing \u00bb<\/em>.<\/p><p>Zepherine McLaren est mort le 29 d\u00e9cembre 2009.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Site<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/carriacoumermaid.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">carriacoumermaid.com<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type \u2014 sloop de Carriacou \u00e0 gr\u00e9ement aurique, sans moteur Construit \u2014 ann\u00e9es 1960 (une source isol\u00e9e avance 1996, non [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":942,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1199","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1234,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1199\/revisions\/1234"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}