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 […]
Coconut Grove Two races were held today in a postcard perfect Miami. 10-15 knots from the North and clear blue skies. The Walker Cup is in honor of Harry Walker, who served the star class as secretary for many years. The 43 competitors were competing to win the Walker Cup but also as a tune up […]
Coconut Grove Three races were held today on Biscayne Bay for the Star fleet. The Winter Series fleet has swollen to 40+ boats in anticipation of next weeks Bacardi Cup. The wind was generally steady in direction and strength with 10-14 knots from East Northeast. This made for a shifty day as the wind was coming over […]
Photo by Marco Oquendo Coconut Grove Two races were held today today in 8-10 knots from the east-southeast. We had our ups and downs but basically Danny sailed very fast downwind and we made huge gains on the final runs of both races to finish 9 and 7. That was enough to move us up to 7th […]
Coxonut Grove Danny and I are back in the Grove for more Star Racing. This time the Schoonmaker Cup with 20 other teams. For this event, I am crewing for Danny. It has been fun to share the Star with him this past year and I hope he enjoys Star sailing for as many years […]
Coconut Grove Two races were held today in 8-10 knots from the east on Biscayne Bay. This weekend is the “Masters” regatta in the Star Class. Obviously, the name is indicative of a certain amount of life experience required to race in the “Masters”. The Masters has become the Zag Masters in honor of Frank Zagarino, […]
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