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2025  
February Beyond the Mainsail: The Sailors of Sassie Sue and Patton Pride
  The Carleton Williams Scholarship Seeks Grand Bahamian Applicants This Year
Janauary Caribbean Bottling Company Celebrates Long Serving Staff Contributions
 
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December Coca-Cola Christmas Giving's Brought the Real Magic this Holiday Season
  Caribbean Bottling Company latest Goombay Punch Cup Season is Recognized with Can Redesign
November Enter the Holidays with a Spirit of Giving with Caribbean Bottling Company
  Caribbean Bottling Company and Caribbean Wines and Spirits Dazzles at Jollification with Two Activations
  House of Angostura Shines at Food Festival with Signature Cocktails and an Exclusive Lounge Experience
October Bahamas Goombay Punch Launches Exclusive Limited-Edition Congratulatory Cans for Winning Team Susan Chase
  Coca-Cola Creates Memories to Last Forever at Paradise Plates 
  Coca-Cola Celebrates International Coastal Cleanup Day with Blue Lagoon Island
September Coca-Cola® and the OREO® Brands Become “Besties,” Launch Limited-Edition Drink and Cookie that Perfectly Pair Iconic Brands
  Selena Cartwright 2024 Carleton Williams Scholarship Recipient Looks Forward to Exciting New School Year
August Ken Mullings and Powerade Team Up to Host Jump Clinic 
  Coca-Cola Marvels Guests at Exclusive Early Movie Premiere 
July Coca-Cola and Marvel’s Superhero Designed Packages is the Ultimate Summer Collab
  Powerade Athlete Ken Mullings Leaps and Soars to the Olympics
June Susan Chase Shines to Win 2nd Annual Bahamas Goombay Punch Cup
  Goombay Punch to Unleash the Heat at Long Island Regatta
May

Goombay Punch Cup Makes Major Waves in Sailing

 

Coca-Cola and Bahamas Masqueraders 10 Years of Partnership Shows the Magic of Carnival

  Ken Mullings Levels Up Through Powerade Sponsorship 
April

Carleton William’s Legacy Provides Educational Opportunities for Bahamian Students

  The National Family Island Regatta Sets Sail on its 68th Year of Competition with Goombay Punch
  Coca-Cola’s Giveaway Promotes Coming Together Over Meals
March Dasani Hydrates Team Bahamas & Team TCI for CARIFTA Aquatics 2024

Beyond the Mainsail: The Sailors of Sassie Sue and Patton Pride

The Bahamas Goombay Punch Cup has garnered a lot of chatter for the year, with many have sharing their strong opinions on the limited-edition Bahamas Goombay Punch cans, which highlight the six sloops competing in the 3rd Annual Bahamas Goombay Punch Cup.

The limited time designs was created to display the fine details and unique features of each sloop, while giving the sailors the recognition they deserve for their contribution to the country’s national sport, Sailing.

While the cans shine beautifully in the stores, at your desks at work or on your dinner table Caribbean Bottling Company (CBC), local producers of Coca-Cola products want to give the consumers a deeper look into each boat and its team.

The Bahamas Goombay Punch Cup was created to amplify the sport of sailing through monetary and social support. In upholding that, captain Leander Pinder of ‘Patton Pride’ and Stefan Knowles of ‘Sassie Sue’ shed intimate details about their sloops.

How did your sloop’s name come to be?
Both men shared how the name for their sloops is rooted deeply in honoring their family. Sailing and Regattas are synonymous with family life and all members young and old, men and women can be seen participating.

Pinder: “I want to carry on my family name on Patton - my grandparents, my uncle, aunt and of course my mother.”

Knowles: “My mother’s name is Sue, and she is considered to be a sassy woman, hence the name.”

Who are the members of your sloop?
Sailors of ‘Patton Pride’: Dwight Fly Rolle, Prince Patton, Keshone Rolle, Shannon Rolle Leander, Magic Pinder.

Sailors of ‘Sassie Sue’: Stefan Knowles Captain and Owner, Vardo Turnquest Bowman, Anthony Knowles Pryman, Garret Knowles Main Sheet Man, Meko Knowles Pryman, Donnie Bastian Pryman, Kahden Huyler Pryman and Roger Fox Pryman.

What’s the history of your sloop?
Pinder: “For my love of the sport of sailing, five years ago Mr. Mark Knowles built this boat. I told him I wanted a fast boat, one that could beat the best of the best and that’s what he created.”
Knowles: “I previously sailed Whitty K for over 10 years and decided it was time to build my own C class. I had a boat in the original E class (14ft long) that my Dad built for me in 1998. The class was discontinued around 2003. Fast forward to July 2022, Sassie Sue was born”

What are some structural features that make your boat special?
Pinder: “She’s special by way of her width and depth and the slick entrance.”
Knowles: “It is built from some of the strongest, most durable and lightest wood available.”

What does the Bahamas Goombay Punch Cup mean to you?
Pinder: “I think the Goombay Punch Cup is a good promotion for the Patton Pride to be known worldwide and of course I am in the tourism business and whenever I take my guests out on a tour the number one beverage, they request is Goombay Punch.”

Knowles: “It is a wonderful initiative to boost the sport, and I hope it continues for the years to come.”

To learn more about the Bahamas Goombay Punch Cup and who is leading the race, visit www.cbcbahamas.com today.