Coconut Grove Today was the final race of the 2016 Star World Championship. The wind was slow to build but finally came in at 7-8 knots from 060. It was blowing over Key Biscayne onto the course and this made for very shifty conditions and significant deltas of wind pressure. After several attempted starts, we […]
Coconut Grove Race 5 was held yesterday in a light 7-8 knot breeze from the south east. The sun was out, the sea was flat and warm. It was classic Star sailing on Biscayne Bay. After three general recalls of the start, the Black Flag came out and 3 teams were caught out by this. Brian and I […]
Battling the kelp today. Marco Oquendo photo Coconut Grove Race 4 was held today for the 73 competitors in the Star World Championship on Biscayne Bay. The winds were light again blowing in from the southeast at 7-8 knots. I felt like it was going to be good on the left today so we started […]
Skin cancer awareness has hit the Star Class and we are all wearing these neck and face covers. Photo was from Race 2. Photo by Marco Oquendo. Coconut Grove Day 3 of the Star World Championship started off without wind. The fleet waited for over an hour before we could attempt to get a race started. […]
Coconut Grove Race 2 of the 2016 Star World Championship was held today on Biscayne Bay. At start time, 11:30, the wind was in at 16 knots from 085 and stayed pretty much the same all race. Having said that, there were 15 degree oscillations and 4 knot changes in windspeed. It was still a […]
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 […]
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