{"id":1203,"date":"2026-08-21T14:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/charpentiers\/sweetheart\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:55:57","slug":"sweetheart","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/charpentiers\/sweetheart\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweetheart"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Boat type<\/strong> \u2014 Carriacou sloop, wooden hull<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Launching<\/strong> \u2014 1986<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Length<\/strong> \u2014 36 feet, approximately 11 m<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Home port<\/strong> \u2014 Antigua<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Built by<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/zepherine-mclaren\/\">Zepherine McLaren<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>State<\/strong> \u2014 Under renovation, return to water scheduled for 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A McLaren boat, twenty years after Mermaid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweetheart is attributed to Zepherine McLaren, the carpenter of the <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/mermaid-of-carriacou\/\">Mermaid of Carriacou<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of the few boats of his own design whose name has come down to us. At his death, Bill Cameron wrote that &quot;his ships are still sailing in the Caribbean,&quot; in the plural, without any source naming any others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2005: one of the sloops from Antigua<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 2005, journalist Dan Houston raced the Antigua Classic aboard Genesis, a newly launched yacht. He mentioned two other Carriacou sloops based in Antigua: Summer Cloud and Sweetheart. That day, Genesis outpaced both of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2009 and 2011: in Saint-Barth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweetheart was one of the eight ships in the first <span data-no-translation>West Indies Regatta<\/span>, in 2009, with Genesis, Tradition, Ocean Nomad, Good Expectation, Summer Cloud, the schooner Alexander Hamilton and Plumbelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He returned in 2011. That year, the sailors of the three-masted Picton Castle were distributed among the sloops of the fleet, and one of them, Davey, joined Saint-Barth aboard Sweetheart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the regatta, a crew member from Sweetheart jumps into the water with a mooring line to come to the aid of the crew of <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/pipe-dream\/\">Pipe Dream<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>One of the crew on the Sweetheart jumped overboard with a line, determined to help us.<\/p>\n<cite>Bronwen, logbook of the Picton Castle, June 2, 2011<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The dean of the Antigua Classic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweetheart remains loyal to the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. It was among the sloops entered in 2016, then in the traditional boat class in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 23, 2018, for the first race of the regatta, it was the oldest boat in its class. Yet it crossed the finish line first, 1 minute and 52 seconds ahead. <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/free-in-st-barth\/\">Free in St Barth<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The oldest in the fleet, 36&#039; Sweetheart, finished first.<\/p>\n<cite>Caribbean Sailing Association, April 23, 2018<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years later, the Antigua Classic published a photograph of Sweetheart racing alongside Columbia, a schooner built to the 1923 plans of a famous American fishing boat. On one side, a sloop built on a beach in Carriacou, on the other, a replica of a legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025: a new owner, a major construction project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Its owner, Charles, passed away in 2025. The new owner has undertaken a major renovation project, which is expected to be completed in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What remains to be found<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles&#039;s surname, the name of the new owner, the skippers, and the boat&#039;s history before 2005 are still unknown. Any information, photographs, or memories are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2><p>No website, page, or public address is known for this boat. If you know of one, <a href=\"\/en\/sinscrire\/\">write to us<\/a> \u2014 this form will be completed.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dan Houston, Classic Boat, July 2005 (republished May 17, 2011): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicboat.co.uk\/articles\/carriacou-sloops-at-antigua\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carriacou sloops at Antigua<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Ellen Lampert-Greaux, All At Sea, July 1, 2009: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allatsea.net\/west-indies-regatta-showcases-traditional-sailboats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">West Indies Regatta Showcases Traditional Sailboats<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Bronwen, Picton Castle, May 26, 2011: <a href=\"https:\/\/picton-castle.com\/2011\/05\/26\/st-barths-a-sailors-destination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">St. Barths \u2013 A Sailor&#039;s Destination<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Bronwen, Picton Castle, June 2, 2011: <a href=\"https:\/\/picton-castle.com\/2011\/06\/02\/the-west-indies-regatta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The West Indies Regatta<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Caribbean Sailing Association, 2016: <a href=\"https:\/\/caribbean-sailing.com\/antigua-classics-six-of-the-best\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Antigua Classics Six of the Best<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Sampson Boat Co, 2017: <a href=\"https:\/\/sampsonboat.co.uk\/blog\/antigua-classic-yacht-regatta-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, 2017<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Caribbean Sailing Association, April 23, 2018: <a href=\"https:\/\/caribbean-sailing.com\/wild-and-woolly-weather-for-race-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wild and Woolly Weather for Race 1<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguaclassics\/photos\/sweetheart-columbia-both-classic-boats-racing-in-the-antigua-classics-albeit-in-\/584399533717216\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sweetheart &amp; Columbia<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Owner, renovation and return date: information provided by the West Indies Regatta association<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un bateau de McLaren, vingt ans apr\u00e8s Mermaid Sweetheart est attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 Zepherine McLaren, le charpentier du Mermaid of Carriacou. 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