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Windward Boatbuilding Heritage Day in Windward/Carriacou
Windward Boatbuilding Heritage Day highlights Carriacou's most historically significant boatbuilding village during the same period as the island's main summer regatta, shifting focus from competitive racing to the construction process itself, demonstrations, boatyard visits and discussion of techniques passed down within specific Windward shipwright families over generations.
Windward Boatbuilding Heritage Day gives Carriacou's most historically significant boatbuilding village its own dedicated heritage event during the same period as the island's main summer regatta, highlighting the specific shipwright families and boatyards that have made Windward a recognised centre of traditional wooden sloop construction in the Eastern Caribbean.