2025 ILCA BAHAMAS OPEN SENIOR NATIONALS

Held 3 & 4 May, 2025 at Lyford Cay

Congratulations to the overall winner, Olympian Eduardo Marques (5 points) whose visit to Nassau coincided with the competition and to top Bahamian finisher Paul de Souza, closely followed by Joshua Higgins (12 and 13 points respectively). It was a close fought match and the battle between Paul and Joshua will be closely watched over the next few years as both have their sights on qualifying for Olympics 2028.

Other notable results include:

  • Eliza Denning - 1st place finisher in ILCA 6 and Top Junior

  • John Alexiou - 1st place finisher in ILCA 4

  • Sean Farrington - 1st place finisher in the Master category

  • George Damianos - 1st place finisher in the Grand Master category

Special thanks to Coach Niels Broekhuizen, to Lyford Cay Club for hosting and the many volunteers that contributed to this event, notably IJ Lori Lowe, Jennifer Alexiou (ILCA Bahamas Fleet Captain) and Race Committee (Nico and Amanda Maritz, Rowena Jones, Andrew and Jennifer Higgs and Jeff Nash).

Amanda Maritz