San Francisco This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Rolex Big Boat Series. Day 1 served up pretty familiar conditions. Moderate winds from the southwest for the first race then 18-22 knots for the second race of the day. There are 10 fleets spread out over three race courses. Sail boats racing from a […]
Palma de Mallorca The short story is that we finished 2nd in today’s race, and third for the regatta. The longer story is that the wind filled in so late that only one race was possible. When it filled it was the windiest of the week, at 18 knots. On Robertissima, we had a great […]
Palma de Mallorca Hot and cold today for Robertissima. Except it’s always hot here in Palma! Two races were conducted on the Bay of Palma today in 10 knots of wind from the southwest. In the first race we executed our plan to start at the left end of the line only to find the […]
Palma de Majorca Todays race was the “coastal” race. This meant sailing a few laps around the bay of Palma. The conditions continued the same as all week, sunny, hot and 10 knots of wind from the south-southwest. We did not have a great start and were last at the first mark of the course. […]
Tuesday, August 05, 2014 Palma de Majorca Great day for Robertissima today! We won both races. It doesn’t get much better than that.After yesterday’s disappointing performance, we came out focused and determined.The wind was lighter and the race course trickier today. In the first race the left side paid and in the second race the […]
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. […]
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