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 […]
Coconut Grove- No racing today. Too light winds. After a long delay, the race committee fired off one start. We got around first mark 4th then they abandoned. Wind was non existent. Walker Cup results as per yesterday. Next event is Masters next weekend. Paul
Coconut Grove- 20 Stars competed in three races today onBiscayne Bay. The wind was 7 knots from the southeast for race one and built to 11 knots for race 3. As usual, Miami delivered perfect Star sailing conditions. I am privileged to be sailing with Olympic Gold medalist Magnus Liljedahl for this weekend. We started […]
Sorry I did not write any personal updates during this event. Just went and had fun! Paul America’s Cup’s Cayard Takes Miami Championship With Final Race Performance 25 Year-Old Boston Sailmaker Tomas Hornos Wins Final Race and Junior Title, Miami’s Diaz Leads Winter Series Coconut Grove, FL (January 13, 2014) – America’s Cup skipper and […]
Nassau, Two races were held today in 10-12 knots out of the east. Austin and I went into todays races at the back of the leader board, but had a good day and managed to climb up a few positions. We got off to a great start leading race 1 around the first lap, losing […]
Nassau- Three races were held today in perfect conditions, once again. East winds of 10-14 knots and bright sunshine made for another postcard day in Nassau. Austin and I got off to a good start with a fourth place in the first race of the day. We had a great start, good speed upwind so […]
Bacardi CupMarch 2, 2020 - 7:56 pm
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