{"id":1348,"date":"2026-08-25T13:05:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T17:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/?page_id=1348"},"modified":"2026-08-25T14:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:22:31","slug":"summer-wind","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/charpentiers\/summer-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Type<\/strong> \u2014 sloop de Carriacou, coque bois, gr\u00e9\u00e9 pour la p\u00eache<\/li><li><strong>Mise \u00e0 l\u2019eau<\/strong> \u2014 non document\u00e9e, vraisemblablement dans les ann\u00e9es 1970-1980<\/li><li><strong>Longueur<\/strong> \u2014 37 pieds 5 pouces \u2014 11,4 m<\/li><li><strong>Largeur<\/strong> \u2014 9 pieds \u2014 2,7 m<\/li><li><strong>Tirant d\u2019eau<\/strong> \u2014 3 pieds 3 pouces \u2014 1 m<\/li><li><strong>D\u00e9placement<\/strong> \u2014 6,2 tonnes<\/li><li><strong>Surface de voilure<\/strong> \u2014 764 pieds carr\u00e9s \u2014 71 m\u00b2<\/li><li><strong>Constructeur<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/alwyn-enoe\/\">Alwyn Enoe<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Lieu<\/strong> \u2014 plage de Windward, Carriacou<\/li><li><strong>Bord\u00e9<\/strong> \u2014 quille greenheart \u00b7 membrures en c\u00e8dre blanc des Antilles<\/li><li><strong>Base actuelle<\/strong> \u2014 Newport, Rhode Island (\u00c9tats-Unis)<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Le bateau par lequel tout a commenc\u00e9<\/h2><p>Summer Wind a \u00e9t\u00e9 taill\u00e9 \u00e0 la main sur la plage de Windward, selon la m\u00e9thode h\u00e9rit\u00e9e des charpentiers \u00e9cossais install\u00e9s \u00e0 Carriacou : pas de plans, un demi-mod\u00e8le en bois, et des membrures fa\u00e7onn\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019herminette. C\u2019est un bateau de travail, construit pour la p\u00eache, pas pour la plaisance.<\/p><p>Propri\u00e9t\u00e9 de l\u2019homme d\u2019affaires antiguais Eddie Barreto, il finit par sombrer dans English Harbour, \u00e0 Antigua. Pour le remplacer, Barreto commandera un nouveau sloop \u00e0 Petite Martinique : <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/summer-cloud\/\">Summer Cloud<\/a>.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1997 : le p\u00e8lerinage d\u2019Alexis Andrews<\/h2><p>En 1997, le photographe Alexis Andrews rach\u00e8te l\u2019\u00e9pave tout juste renflou\u00e9e du fond du port et entreprend de la remettre en \u00e9tat. Une fois le bateau de nouveau navigable, il d\u00e9cide de le ramener \u00e0 la voile jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la plage o\u00f9 il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 construit.<\/p><p>En arrivant \u00e0 Windward, il d\u00e9couvre que les charpentiers de l\u2019\u00eele sont en train de dispara\u00eetre \u00e0 leur tour. Ce voyage d\u00e9clenche tout le reste : le travail photographique sur les derniers charpentiers, la commande de <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/genesis\/\">Genesis<\/a> \u00e0 Alwyn Enoe, puis le film <em>Vanishing Sail<\/em>, sorti en 2015. Summer Wind en est l\u2019inspiration premi\u00e8re.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2014 : d\u2019Antigua \u00e0 New York, 2 500 milles d\u2019une traite<\/h2><p>En 2014, le bateau quitte Antigua pour rallier New York <strong>sans escale<\/strong> : deux mille cinq cents milles nautiques, men\u00e9s par Denis Dowling et Dubi Klein. La travers\u00e9e les expose au mauvais temps au large des Carolines comme aux calmes plats, dans un habitacle exigu \u2014 un sloop de p\u00eache antillais n\u2019a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 dessin\u00e9 pour la haute mer. Les deux hommes repartiront ensuite vers le sud par leurs propres moyens.<\/p><p>C\u2019est cette navigation qui a fait conna\u00eetre le bateau hors des Cara\u00efbes, et qui explique sa pr\u00e9sence actuelle en Nouvelle-Angleterre.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">O\u00f9 est-il aujourd\u2019hui ?<\/h2><p>Alexis Andrews garde le bateau huit ans, jusqu\u2019au milieu des ann\u00e9es 2000. Summer Wind rejoint ensuite la Nouvelle-Angleterre, o\u00f9 sa restauration est men\u00e9e par un passionn\u00e9 venu aux sloops de Carriacou par les livres d\u2019Andrews. Son port d\u2019attache est aujourd\u2019hui Newport, dans le Rhode Island.<\/p><p>En 2017, Andrews le convoie lui-m\u00eame jusqu\u2019au Wooden Boat Show de Mystic Seaport, o\u00f9 le bateau est expos\u00e9 en excellent \u00e9tat pendant qu\u2019il y projette son film deux fois par jour.<\/p><p><strong>Depuis, plus aucune trace publique.<\/strong> Aucune apparition en r\u00e9gate classique, aucune annonce de vente, aucun signalement d\u2019avarie ni de d\u00e9molition dans les registres et la presse sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e. Selon toute vraisemblance, Summer Wind est toujours \u00e0 flot en Nouvelle-Angleterre, entre les mains d\u2019un particulier qui ne communique pas.<\/p><p><strong>Une prudence documentaire.<\/strong> Le reportage de <em>Classic Boat<\/em> consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 cette travers\u00e9e nomme le bateau \u00ab Summer Breeze \u00bb dans son chapeau, mais donne les mesures de Summer Wind dans ses l\u00e9gendes. L\u2019une des deux mentions est erron\u00e9e ; nous n\u2019avons pas pu d\u00e9terminer laquelle. Les dimensions ci-dessus sont celles publi\u00e9es sous le nom de Summer Wind.<\/p><p><em>Sources : Classic Boat, \u00ab Antigua to New York in a Carriacou Sloop \u00bb, par Steffan Meyric-Hughes, 6 mai 2014 (num\u00e9ro CB311, juin 2014).<\/em><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2><p>Aucun site, page ou adresse publique n\u2019est connu pour ce bateau. Si vous en connaissez un, <a href=\"\/en\/sinscrire\/\">\u00e9crivez-nous<\/a> \u2014 cette fiche sera compl\u00e9t\u00e9e.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type \u2014 sloop de Carriacou, coque bois, gr\u00e9\u00e9 pour la p\u00eache Mise \u00e0 l\u2019eau \u2014 non document\u00e9e, vraisemblablement dans les [&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-1348","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\/1348","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=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1353,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1348\/revisions\/1353"}],"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=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}