Palma de Majorca Today was the first day of the, 33rd annual, Copa del Rey, one of the Mediterranean’s largest regatta’s. I am sailing onboard Robertissima as tactician. Robertissima is a 72′ Vrolijk design IRC yacht. There are four others similar to us in our class. The Copa del Rey has 11 races on its […]
Coconut Grove No racing again today. Too little wind. We started race 5 at 10:30 and raced the first lap in a very light, fickle wind and then the committee abandoned the race at the leeward gate. Torben Greal had a big lead. There were 3 attempts at the restart once the sea breeze filled […]
Coconut Grove No race, too much wind today. We actually got all the way out to the start and were in the starting sequence when the race was abandoned. Good call as there would have been a lot of broken masts in the fleet. Two races are scheduled for tomorrow with the first one starting […]
Coconut Grove A front was expected across the south Florida area sometime this afternoon with large thunder storms containing lightening and hail. The forecast called for 14-17 knots of breeze from the south prior to the front. After a brief postponement to evaluate the situation, the Coral Reef Race Committee got the Stars out on […]
Coconut Grove Tough day on the race course for Rodney and I, definitely our worst race of the season. We were too conservative on the starting line and we did not seem to have enough speed to dig our way out of the traffic. The wind was 7 knots from 145 for the entire race. […]
Coconut Grove Light northerly winds were on the menu today on Biscayne Bay. The Race Committee held the fleet at the dock for an hour to allow the wind to fill. The race got underway on the first start. The northerly wind is fickle and streaky here. It is kind of like Shoots and Ladders. […]
Coconut Grove Well, it wasn’t the day we were envisioning but it came out better than it could have. At noon, with just 4 knots of wind from the southeast, the race committee began the starting sequence for race 1. The fleet was very concentrated at the right hand end of the line. The first […]
Coconut Grove The grand finale of Star Winter sailing, the 87th Bacardi Cup, starts tomorrow in Miami. 60 teams from 11 countries will be competing for the coveted trophy, which was first raced for in Havana. The competition will be tough with 7 World Champions and numerous Olympians amongst the fleet. The forecast for Monday […]
Coconut Grove No wind so no racing today. The results of yesterday stand so we finished second after losing the tie breaker with Reynolds/Haenel. It was another great weekend in Miami. We are all so lucky to be down here competing. Even though we are getting older, we love to compete! It is in our […]
Coconut Grove 30 teams from 6 countries showed up in Miami to compete in the Zag Masters. In order to enter the skipper must be over 50 years of age to compete in the Masters. Two races were held today in puffy and shifty 12 knots from the southwest. The race committee ran a course […]
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