Business View Caribbean | July 2019

6 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN JULY 2019 English Harbour, Antigua (July 15, 2019) – Italy’s Marco Gradoni won the 2019 Optimist World Championship for the third consecutive year. Competitors battled it out on the water in Antigua amid high winds and a punishing current. The Antigua Meteorological Office had predicted gusts as high as 28 knots and waves up to three meters, causing race chiefs to cancel races for the lower two fleets. But the weather was no match for the 15-year-old Gradoni whose “perfect performance” propelled him to an electrifying finish, 19 points clear of his closest competitor.