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195--St. Maarten--Heineken Regatta--Serious Parties @ CherieSpotting     Mar 11 2004 - 16:46 PST cherie writes: The Heineken Regatta’s motto is “serious fun.” So many sailors start their day with a glass of beer. The important thing is not that you have beer for breakfast (commonly referred to as the breakfast of champions.) It’s important what your last drink is! Why? The Heineken Regatta doesn’t just give honors to the fastest finishers in each class. They also give the prestigious “Heineken Fun Prize”. This “Fun Prize” award goes to the best “on shore performers.” The Regatta’s brochure lists these as the criteria for being considered for the “Heineken Fun Prize”: • The whole crew should party every Regatta night (starting on Tuesday March 4th through Sunday March 7th) until the music stops. With party, we mean party. • The crew should be recognizable as a team. Same shirt, hat or any other item making clear that you are in this together. • The crew should drink Heineken and Heineken only. • A minimum of 10 beers a person per day. • At least one serious “seasickness” should be reported during the event. We didn’t take the “Heineken Fun Prize”, but we did do our share of partying. Click on each picture to see it full size. read comments (0) | write comment| views: 7157    | rated: 0.0    printer-friendly version   We had a ball at the 2004 Heineken Regatta! Why are inflatable things so much fun? Julie and Darrell dance. The crew of BVI YC2. Mark and Julie. Annie and Marilyn. Joe and Linda. Mark and Joe. Lauri and Cherie. Manolo, from Spain, learns the American custom of getting spanked on your birthday. He doesn't complain. Carla, Cherie, Manolo and Phil. Cherie, Lauri, Merry and Mary. Smiling sailors. Personally, I think she's wearing too much make-up. Elizabeast, Beth and Cherie. That car is covered in bottlecaps! I wonder if he drank all those beers in one night? If you're not careful at these parties, you could get your shirt ripped off. Cherie and Robbie, the Captain of Pyewacket. Cherie with a bathingsuit model. Doesn't everyone wear their bikinis at night? Mark and Marilyn. Cherie, Marilyn and Julie. Sailors get all the kisses. The only way to smoke a cigar. Not a bad view from the Royal Palm Hotel. A nice view to rest a sailor's weary eyes upon. Good Caribbean grub! Mermaids are real in St. Maarten. When sailors are not racing big yachts, they are racing small ones. Motorized yacht racing--for big kids. Proof that sailors never grow up. It's as if I was snapping shots from a chopper. Racing for the couch0-potato sailor. Where's the crew? Twin brothers Jim and Malcolm on BYV YC2. The crew of BVI YC2. Are they having fun yet? Kim and Cloyce. Jim and Greg. Papa Otis.