Last weekend a mix of amateur and professional F18 racers, each wearing Gill bespoke rash vests, took to the clear waters of Saint-Barthélemy for the St-Barth Cata Cup. And the race, which saw its 8th edition, finished in dramatic fashion. The French crew, Orion Martin and Charles Gaté, made a strong start to the event, where they won the first three races and took the St-Barth Assurances/Allianz prize. However, it was the Belgian duo, Patrick Demesmaeker and Olivier Gagliani, who snatched top position from Martin and Gaté in a thrilling end to day four, where the Belgians managed to maintain a very small margin to win in the overall rankings. After the fourth day of racing, Olivier Gagliani said: “After 7 editions here, the time was right. We are very happy! There is a high level of competition at the Cata Cup and it’s always fun to race against sailors that we have known for years, especially in these exceptional conditions.” At the end of the competition, the top five stood as: 1: "ST BARTH SAIL RACING TEAM" DEMESMAECKER PATRICK, GAGLIANI OLIVIER (Belgique), 23 pts 2 : "ST BARTH ASSURANCES- ALLIANZ " MARTIN Orion, GATE Charles (France), 27 pts 3 : "ARCHITECTONIK " BONTEMPS Gurvan, AMIOT Benjamin (France), 30 pts 4 : "ODP " MOURNIAC Jean christoph, DEKYTSPOTTER Alexandre (France), 30 pts 5 : "LOTUS ARCHITECTES" GONZALEZ SMITH CRUZ, HEUSER MARIANO (Argentine), 34 pts [embed]https://vimeo.com/146344006[/embed]