Photo: Steve Lapkin Key West January 21, 2015, With a forecast that was too light to race, the wind gave us a pleasant surpass, and we managed to get in two races today. The wind came in at 6-8 knots from the north-northwest around 11:00 and the race committee was quick to jump on it. […]
“Shockwave in Traffic”, credit Tim Wilkes. Key West Two races were held today in fairly steady conditions of 7-12 knots from the south. A first race raw started and abandoned about 3/4’ers of the way through due to lack of wind. In both races, Bella Mente had just slightly the better of us. Nothing dramatic […]
Could not find any pictures of the racing on the site yet so I took this picture which I found pretty interesting. Day one of Quantum Key West Race week was very typical, sunshine and 8-12 knots of wind from the northeast. I am onboard George Sakellaris’ 68′ Shockwave this week and we are racing […]
Coconut Grove Magnus and I came out determined to get back what was ours, and we did. We finished with a 1, 2 which was enough to move us up from 11th to 6th in the mid winters and save the overall Star Winter Series Championship by just one point. After yesterday’s broken mast, and […]
Coconut Grove Three races were sailed today on Biscayne Bay for the Star fleet. The wind was great: 15-18 from the northeast. Augur Diaz had a great day winning two of the races and Lars Grael continued to do well edging us for the win in race 1. We were in the hunt in all […]
Coconut Grove The forecast today was for a dying southerly breeze and that is what we got. Rich Raymond, Chairman of the Race Committee, amended the schedule last night and got us out there for a 10:00 start to get some racing in before the wind died. It was a good move as we got […]
Coconut Grove Today was the first day of a four day event called the Star Midwinter Championship. This event plus the previous three events for the Winter Series. There will be an over all winner for the Winter Series as well as each of these individual events. The midwinter Championship is weighted double for the […]
Coconut Grove Two races were held today on Biscayne Bay for the Star class. Classic conditions returned with 8-12 knot southeasterly and 80 temps. Magnus and I had a fantastic day with a 2, 1 to win the Bob Levin Memorial Trophy. Luke Lawrence sailed well to win the first race of the day just […]
Coconut Grove Yesterday morning in Ross, California there was ice on the lawn. At midnight I walked onto the back deck of Bob Norton’s Hatteras 46 at the Coral Reef Yacht Club in 80 degrees and humidity. That’s why people go to Florida in the winter! Today, the Star Class raced for the Bob Levin […]
Coconut Grove, Florida There is nothing like coming out and winning the first race on the last day. It makes the rest of the day a lot easier. There was barely 4 knots of wind for the start of race 1 today. Brian and I started in port tack, at the committee boat, hit the […]
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