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 […]
Coconut Grove, Florida March 1, 2015 I am back in south Florida for more Star sailing. This time the legendary Bacardi Cup. This year is the 88th running of this event which started in 1927 in Havana. 57 boats are racing from more than 10 countries. The competition will be tough with the Grael brothers […]
February 5, 2015, San Francisco Yesterday, US Sailing and AmericaOne announced a very exciting initiative, called Project Pipeline. I want to give you a little personal perspective on the initiative and pass along the link to the press release. AmericaOne is a long time supporter of the US Olympic Sailing Team. Bob “Buddah” Billingham was […]
Photo Sharon Green Key West It really wasn’t our week. Two races were held today in very nice conditions and we finished third in both. Bella Mente won both races to win the class. The breeze was in from the south-southeast at about 18-20 knots. There was a fair amount of chop and the downwind […]
Tim Wilkes Photo January 22, 2015, 18:00 EST Key West The short story is we did not have a good day. We finished 3rd in both races today. In the first race, we lost by 15 seconds and in the second race by just one second! Nothing remarkable happened in the races. Just a steady […]
January 22, 2015 0900 Bella Mente’s request for redress hearing was reopened this morning. Shockwave and Numbers were present this time. Reason prevailed and redress was denied. So Bella Mente scored a 4, 3 yesterday and all three competitors are within one point going into todays racing. More later. Paul
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