Coconut Grove, Florida Today was the first day of the Commodores Cup which is the second regatta of the Star Winter Series down here in south Florida. There are 5 events in the series, about one a month. Today, we had three races on Biscayne Bay for the Star fleet in knots from the north. […]
Oxford, Maryland One race was held today on the Choptank in 7-10 knots and rain. The wind was just as shifty as it has been all week. Brian and I had a decent start and sailed pretty well not he first leg (and were lucky that our side worked out well) to round the first […]
Oxford, Maryland Two races were held today with a shifty northeasterly breeze that blew between 4 and 8 knots. Torben Grael and his crew Guilhherme Alimeida of Brazil dominated the day with a 2,3 which moved them into a 10 point lead going into tomorrow’s final race. Brian and I had a terrible first race. […]
Oxford, Maryland Two races were held today on the Choptank in 5-10 knots of wind. Here it isn’t that the wind starts at 5 knots and builds to 10 or the reverse. Here the wind is 5-10 every minute of the day. And it shifts 30 degrees too. Brian and I finished 3rd in the […]
Oxford, Maryland It was a long day on the water. 3 races starting at 11:00 and finishing at 16:45. So I am writing fast and there may be typos. It was a perfect clear blue sky today following thunder, lightening and rain last night. The wind was 6-9 knots form the west but at times […]
Oxford, Maryland Two races were held today on the Choptank. (Love that word. Very appropriate as the water is choppy out there!) It was clear, cold and a brisk 50 degrees when we headed out to the race course at 0930. The wind was 7-12 from the west with 30 degree shifts today which made […]
Oxford, Maryland The Oxford Fall Wind Up is a tradition in the Star Class for 63 years. Tred Avon is the host club and this year the Wind Up also serves as the tune up regatta to the North American Championship which will be, here in Oxford, on Wednesday, November 8-11. I am back to […]
San Francisco One race was scheduled for today. After a brief postponement waiting for wind, the race started at 11:30 under blue skies and a moderate 12 knot breeze. The course for all the fleets on the Fort Mason race track took us outside the Golden Gate bridge for to a buoy off Pt. Diablo. […]
San Francisco Two long races today for the J70 fleet. Once again we started the day on the Fort Mason race track. The committee signaled a three lap windward-leeward course in the 8-10 knot southwesterly breeze. The current was “flooding” once again so it was all about hitting the beach for relief. We had a […]
San Francisco Friday was a very good day for us on Double Trouble. In the first race we were on the Fort Mason race course with about 10 knots of wind. We were over the start line early and had to go back and restart putting us last in the 13 boat fleet. The current […]
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