{"id":1553,"date":"2026-09-07T11:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/charpentiers\/reality-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:22:22","slug":"reality-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/charpentiers\/reality-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reality 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anthony-nero-mclawrence-reality-2-carriacou.webp\" alt=\"La coque bleue de Reality 2 sur la plage de Windward, son constructeur au premier plan\" class=\"wp-image-1551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anthony-nero-mclawrence-reality-2-carriacou.webp 763w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anthony-nero-mclawrence-reality-2-carriacou-300x174.webp 300w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anthony-nero-mclawrence-reality-2-carriacou-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The hull of <span data-no-translation>Reality 2<\/span> on Windward beach, its builder in the foreground. Image taken from the video of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/puregrenada\/videos\/2069776336487084\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pure Grenada<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Boat type<\/strong> \u2014 sloop-rigged cargo ship, wooden hull<\/li><li><strong>Launching<\/strong> \u2014 the 1<sup>er<\/sup> March 2020, on Windward beach, in Carriacou<\/li><li><strong>Length<\/strong> \u2014 65 feet \u2014 approx. 19.8 m \u00b7 beam 18 feet \u00b7 approx. 28 tons<\/li><li><strong>Built by<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/famille-mclawrence\/\">Anthony McLawrence aka \u00abNero\u00bb<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Engine<\/strong> \u2014 a 400 horsepower Cummins diesel engine<\/li><li><strong>Home port<\/strong> \u2014 Carriacou Island<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The largest ship to leave Carriacou in decades<\/h2><p>Construction began around 2015 on Windward Beach. By the end of 2016, the press was already reporting on a sixty-five-foot hull under construction, intended for freight transport between the islands, and the shipwright stated he had been working on it for a year. The boat was launched on the 1st<sup>er<\/sup> March 2020, in front of the whole village.<\/p><p>The hull is cobalt blue, the upper parts white, the deck orange, all separated by bright stripes. The keel wood comes from Guyana, the rest from Grenada.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source: Pure Grenada video<\/h2><p>The launch was filmed. The Grenada tourism board released the video on September 10, 2020, under the title &quot;Launching Reality 2 in Pure Carriacou.&quot; The builder himself recounts the construction process in front of the hull.<\/p><p><strong>Watch the film on the Pure Grenada page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/puregrenada\/videos\/2069776336487084\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Launching Reality 2 in Pure Carriacou<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What remains to be established<\/h2><p><strong>Its dimensions.<\/strong> The press gives a measurement of sixty-five feet long by eighteen feet wide. In the film, the builder mentions fifty-six feet by eighteen and a half feet. The fact sheet uses the press figures, which are better substantiated.<\/p><p><strong>The duration of the construction project.<\/strong> The manufacturer mentions two and a half years. Dates reported in the press suggest more like four to five.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/icone-sloop-epave-4.webp\" alt=\"\u00e9pave\" width=\"52\" height=\"26\" style=\"height:26px;width:auto;vertical-align:-0.35em;margin-right:.55em\" \/> Local stories say the boat sank during Hurricane Beryl on July 2, 2024, in Carriacou.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pure Grenada, September 10, 2020 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/puregrenada\/videos\/2069776336487084\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Launching Reality 2 in Pure Carriacou<\/a><\/li><li>All At Sea, May 14, 2020, Jan Hein \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allatsea.net\/it-took-a-village\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">It Took a Village<\/a><\/li><li>Cruising World, December 30, 2016, Tor Pinney \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/boatbuilding-in-windward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Boatbuilding in Windward<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Local stories say the boat sank during Hurricane Beryl on July 2, 2024.<\/p><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 de bateau \u2014 bateau de fret gr\u00e9\u00e9 en sloop, coque bois Mise \u00e0 l\u2019eau \u2014 le 1er mars 2020, [&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-1553","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\/1553","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=1553"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1790,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1553\/revisions\/1790"}],"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=1553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}