Coconut Grove Coral Reef Yacht Club is hosting the 2016 Star World Championship this week. 75 boats from 13 countries are competing with 8 former World Champions in the lineup. The format is one race a day with a lay day mid way through the week. Today was the first race. The wind was blowing 16 […]
St. Barths, French West Indies Another perfect day today with winds a bit further right coming out of 130 at up to 20 knots. The course for the final race was clockwise around the archipelago of St. Barths. For the third time, Peter Holmberg and I devised a good strategy to get clear of the […]
St. Barthelemy French West Indies Another beautiful day for sailing down in the Caribbean. Today the winds were slightly more to the right at 110 and 15 knots. The course for the today is known as the “not so wiggly” course. The fleet starts downwind to the west and goes around some rock at the […]
Saint Barthelemy, French West Indies Today was day 1 of the 2016 Super Yacht Bucket. I am sailing onboard Rosehearty with Joey Kempfer for the third time in a year. 36 Super Yachts are here racing divided into 5 classes. Super yachts are yacht more that 100 feet in length and typically quite luxurious. Rosehearty is […]
Coconut Grove Another perfect day for sailing today on Biscayne Bay with 12 knots of wind to from the southeast and sunshine. The final race was for all the marbles. Robert Stanjeck with Fritjof Kleen (GER) up front and Diego Negri with Sergio Lambertenghi (ITA) were tied and no one else could beat either of […]
photo by Cory Silken Coconut Grove Two races were held today on Biscayne Bay for the Star fleet. The conditions were perfect for the Stars, Southeast winds starting at 16 knots in the first race of the day and dropping to 10 knots by the end of the second race. Diego Negri and his crew, […]
Photo by Cory Silken from Tuesday’s race. Cayard/Fatih in bow 41 in 18 knots of wind. Coconut Grove The wind was blowing hard all night and early this morning. The Race Committee put up the postponement flag at 0900 and at 11:00 called it for the day. This is a good call for the fleet on the […]
A portion of the 60+ boats still tightly packed at the first mark after 20 minutes of racing. Photo Cory Silken Coconut Grove Today was a perfect Miami day for sailing. The wind was in the mid teens, the waves were good for surfing the boats downwind and the Star Class was out in force […]
Coconut Grove Today was Day 2 of the 88th Bacardi Cup and all the forecasts were predicting big breeze-20 knots. It didn’t materialize. That’s why they call it a forecast and not a factcast. We had a much shorter day on the water which was appreciated by all. I was in bed at 8:15 last night! […]
Coconut Grove Today was the first day of the 88th Bacardi Cup. The Bacardi Cup started in Havana Cuba and was moved to Miami in the late 50’s. 70 Star teams from 14 countries are entered for the event. The wind was in from the east at 15-17 knots and all the teams were ready for […]
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