Events & Regattas

St. Barts in late March has a surprise: a book and jazz festival that draws a different crowd. Here's why it's worth your attention.

There's a particular kind of electricity in the air over Gustavia harbor when the Bucket Regatta rolls around. Enormous sailing yachts — none of them under 100 feet — jostle for position, their sails catching the Caribbean light in ways that genuinely stop you mid-sentence. If you've never seen it, it's hard to explain. If you have, you already know why people book their villas a year in advance just for this week. This year, the St. Barths Bucket Regatta runs from March 12 t