By ,NG Sports Reporter,dahalia@nasguard.com

The Valentine's Day Massacre C-class races were highly anticipated as two brothers, arguably the best skippers in New Providence, fought for the victory amongst a fleet of six sloops. The event, in honor of Hezron 'White Head' Moxey, was held at the Montagu Bay on Saturday.

In the end, older brother Lundy Robinson on the 'Lady Eunice', made a clean sweep winning all three races, while Clyde Rolle on the 'Sweet Island Gal' settled for second in all of the races. In each race, Robinson won by at least three boat lengths.

In all the races, 'H2O' skippered by Stephon Kemp was third, 'Legal Weapon' skippered by Rudolph 'Shorty' Robinson was fourth, the 'WG Thunderbird' skippered by Morris Rolle was fifth and 'Stache' skippered by Dendrick Miller finished sixth. So in the end, 'Lady Eunice' won with 18 points, 'Sweet Island Gal' was second with 15 points, 'H2O' ended up third with 12 points, 'Legal Weapon' was fourth with eighth points, 'Thunderbird' was fifth with seven points and 'Stache' was sixth with three points.

After the race, jib man on the 'Lady Eunice', Nabby Black noted: "We knew that he could not catch us. Clyde is a good sailor but Lundy has the upper hand and more experience. We were only playing with him because we knew he could not catch us."

Furthermore, Black, owner of the C-class sloop 'More Fire', said his sloop only sailed in two regattas for the year, Stanley Point and Farmer's Cay. Black added that he expects for her to sail for the first time this season in New Providence at the New Providence Challenge Cup set for March 14-15 at Montagu.

Meanwhile, Rolle explained: "The Lady Eunice has been sailing for a number of years now whereas the 'Sweet Island Gal' is a new boat and has only sailed in three races for the season thus far. I was very impressed with how she sailed and once Keith Brown (owner) finds a good skipper to sail her, I think she will be a force to reckon with this season."

The Nassau Guardian also asked Rolle about his three-race loss to his brother and he noted: "Sometimes he beats me three times and sometimes I beat him. However, I can assure you that no one else will be able to get in between us when we are racing. Either he is first or I am first."

Also following the races, regatta organizer, Eleazor 'Barber J' Johnson thanked the entire Moxey family who attended the regatta for their support, noting: "Captain Moxey taught me and trained me for the last 20-something years. I just hope that in the future this regatta would grow to be bigger and better than ever before."

Meanwhile, Moxey's daughter, Rebecca Moxey, speaking on behalf of the family, replied: "We, the family of the late Captain Hezron Moxey are indeed happy to be a part of this regatta. We have been supporting Johnson from the inception of this race. As kids, daddy always brought us out here to this race and it has been a tradition that we have tried to continue. On behalf of RBC, (Royal Bank of Canada,) we sponsored a trophy for the 'Catch Me If You Can' race."

The 'Catch Me If You Can' race was held on Sunday, however the results were unavailable up to press time.