On 8th April, the starting gun will be fired for the 4th edition of the Voiles de Saint Barth, now a major event in Caribbean yacht racing. Inaugurated in 2010, the Voiles de Saint Barth regatta has continued to grow in popularity and now attracts sailors from around the world for its sublime, technically challenging courses and fun, friendly atmosphere.

Richard Mille, the race’s principal partner from the very beginning, continues its partnership for this year’s event. Sailing is one of Richard Mille’s favourite sports, as a handful of exceptional timepieces demonstrates: the RM 014 and RM 015 Perini Navi sailing watches, as well as the RM 025 Tourbillon Chronograph, the RM 028 Automatic, the RM 028 Voiles de Saint Barth or the RM 032 Flyback Chronograph divers’ watches.

RM028 VOILES DE ST BARTH by Richard Mille

This year, Peter Harrison, CEO of Richard Mille Europe and a great sailing enthusiast, will also be participating for the very first time. He will approach the starting line on 8th April, flying his own colours at the helm of his Jolt 2, a custom one-off racing yacht designed by Reichel Pugh of San Diego. Jolt 2 will be racing in the Spinnaker 1 and 2 category.

Richard Mille will present an RM 028 Titanium divers’ watch to the winner of the 2013 event. Featuring a unidirectional rotating bezel, this very high-performance timepiece is water-resistant to 300 metres (30 ATM) in compliance with the ISO 6425 standard for divers’ watches. The deceptively simple design of the 47-millimetre case embodies a complex range of technical expertise. The watch is rendered perfectly watertight by the unique tripartite construction of the case and bezel, completed by horns incorporated into the case assembly. The skeletonised automatic movement of the RM 028 is equipped with a variable geometry rotor, an exclusive Richard Mille concept, which adapts the watch’s automatic winding to the activity of the user by adjusting two white-gold wings.