{"id":1204,"date":"2026-08-21T14:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/charpentiers\/summer-cloud\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T15:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:47:42","slug":"summer-cloud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/charpentiers\/summer-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summercloud-1.jpg\" alt=\"Le sloop Summer Cloud sous voiles\" class=\"wp-image-1172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summercloud-1.jpg 570w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summercloud-1-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-image__caption\">Summer Cloud under sail. Photo: Sailing Global Facebook group<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Kind<\/strong> \u2014 Carriacou sloop, wooden hull<\/li><li><strong>Keel pouring<\/strong> \u2014 1995<\/li><li><strong>Launching<\/strong> \u2014 1998<\/li><li><strong>Length<\/strong> \u2014 39 feet initially, approximately 11.9 m, then extended to 42 feet in 2019<\/li><li><strong>Manufacturer<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/baldwin-deroche\/\">Baldwin DeRoche aka \u00abBalo\u00bb<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Place<\/strong> \u2014 beaches of Petite Martinique<\/li><li><strong>Bordered<\/strong> \u2014 silverballi from Guyana \u00b7 greenheart keel \u00b7 white cedar frames<\/li><li><strong>Current base<\/strong> \u2014 Barbados<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summer Wind&#039;s replacement<\/h2><p>Summer Cloud was commissioned in 1995 by Antiguan businessman Eddie Barreto to replace his previous sloop, <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/summer-wind\/\"><em>Summer Wind<\/em><\/a>, sunk in the port of Antigua. It was used for fishing, raced in numerous Caribbean regattas, and served as a floating residence for filmmaker Charles Hambleton during the filming of <em>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em>.<\/p><p>The keel was laid in 1995 and the boat launched in 1998. It was then lengthened to its current length of 42 feet by Andrew Robinson, at the Woodstock shipyard in Antigua, just before the pandemic and during a major rebuild campaign.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-remorquage-sans-moteur.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Cloud, voiles ferl\u00e9es, remorqu\u00e9 par un semi-rigide \u00e0 l\u2019approche du port de Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy, faute de moteur \u00e0 bord\" class=\"wp-image-1359\" width=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-remorquage-sans-moteur.jpg 326w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-remorquage-sans-moteur-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-image__caption\">Without an engine, Summer Cloud is towed in and out of the port of Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Until then without an engine, Summer Cloud had to be towed in and out of the port of Saint Barth\u00e9lemy. Purchased in 2026 by Bryn, he undertook to fit an engine to it, refresh it and relaunch it in the region&#039;s races: the West Indies Regatta of Saint Barth\u00e9lemy in 2026, the Classic Regatta of Antigua and the Carriacou Regatta Festival 2027, while remaining based in Barbados.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1116\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-plaque-1995.jpg\" alt=\"Gros plan sur l\u2019embout de b\u00f4me en bois de Summer Cloud, grav\u00e9 SUMMERCLOUD 1995 entre deux \u00e9toiles, au soleil couchant\" class=\"wp-image-1346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-plaque-1995.jpg 1116w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-plaque-1995-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-plaque-1995-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-plaque-1995-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1116px) 100vw, 1116px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-image__caption\">The boom of Summer Cloud bears the year its keel was cast: 1995.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-bryn-barre-regate.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Cloud sous grand-voile et g\u00e9nois pendant la West Indies Regatta, Bryn son nouveau propri\u00e9taire \u00e0 la barre, la c\u00f4te de Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy en arri\u00e8re-plan\" class=\"wp-image-1360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-bryn-barre-regate.jpg 880w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-bryn-barre-regate-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-bryn-barre-regate-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-image__caption\">Bryn, the new owner, at the helm of Summer Cloud during the West Indies Regatta.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-tangon-vent-arriere.jpg\" alt=\"Un \u00e9quipier man\u0153uvre le tangon en bois contre le m\u00e2t acajou de Summer Cloud pour tenir le g\u00e9nois ouvert au vent arri\u00e8re, \u00eelets de Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy \u00e0 l\u2019horizon\" class=\"wp-image-1362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-tangon-vent-arriere.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-tangon-vent-arriere-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-tangon-vent-arriere-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-tangon-vent-arriere-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/summer-cloud-tangon-vent-arriere-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-image__caption\">Downwind sailing: the spinnaker pole keeps the genoa open on the opposite side to the mainsail.<\/figcaption><\/figure><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>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type \u2014 sloop de Carriacou, coque bois Coulage de la quille \u2014 1995 Mise \u00e0 l\u2019eau \u2014 1998 Longueur \u2014 [&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-1204","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\/1204","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=1204"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1560,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1204\/revisions\/1560"}],"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=1204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}