John Payne Photo Coconut Grove Two races were held today on Biscayne Bay, in ideal conditions for Star racing. The wind was again 8-12 knots from the South. Blue skies, warm water and slightly warmer air temperature. In the first race, Brian and I shook off the morning blues, or what ever it was that […]
John Payne Photo Coconut Grove Two races were held again today on Biscayne Bay, in 8-11 knots from the south. The wind was quite shifty again which gave everyone plenty of opportunity to move up…….. or down. In the first race Brian and I crossed the starting line too early. This meant we had to go back and restart […]
John Payne Photo Coconut Grove The Stars are back on Biscayne Bay for the last time this season. The “Spring Championship” is being hosted by Biscayne Bay Yacht Club. 7 races are scheduled Through Sunday. Today we had the first two races in 7-9 knots from the southeast. These are perfect Star boat conditions. However, […]
Rosehearty (on the right) by night St. Barts The wind was a light easterly today, 7-9 knots. This makes things a lot slower and a little more challenging when you weigh in at 500 tons. Onboard Rosehearty, we sailed a good race, probably as best we could. However, we were no match for the speed of […]
St. Bart’s I am sailing as tactician onboard the Super Yacht, Rosehearty, this week in the beautiful French Caribbean Island of St. Bart’s. Rosehearty is a 56 meter (182′) Perini Navi sailing yacht. We have a crew of 37 to handle the 500 ton vessel. There are 32 yachts racing here this year. There are […]
Coconut Grove Lars Grael won the final race and his second Bacardi Cup in a row. Lars’s success is even more remarkable as he is an amputee, missing his right leg. He is a model of resilience. Young Jorge Zarif with Bruno Prada crewing put in a good performance to finish second in the regatta […]
Coconut Grove Very light winds awaited the Star fleet today. The race committee started on time with about 4 knots of wind from the southeast. We had one general recall then the Black Flag. It was very spotty out there so at times you looked pretty good then the wind would die where you were […]
Photo by Silken Coconut Grove Another picture perfect day with excellent sailing conditions. The wind was a bit lighter today starting out at 11 knots and dropping to 8 by the finish. The fleet was well behaved on the starting line so no Black Flag today and no one was over early. We had another great […]
Coconut Grove Another perfect day for sailing. 12 knots from the Southeast and sunny skies. Pretty deluxe situation for us down here. The committee had a little trouble getting the line square and then we had a general recall or two so up went the black flag again. The courses are 10 miles with 2.5 […]
Coconut Grove, Florida Another perfect day for sailing today. A bit windier than yesterday with winds 12 to 14 knots from the East which built of some short chop on Biscayne Bay. We had one general recall on the first start and then the committee went straight to the Black Flag. Brian and I had […]
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