Not a good day on Artemis. We had a 5, 9, 8. The wind was a Southeasterly sea breeze of 9-13 knots. We made a nice move on the last run of the first race to go from 9th to 5th. Other than that, our day did not have any highlights. We seemed to get […]
Today was the first day of the Audi Med Cup-Cagliari. Three races were held in 8-18 knots for the ten boat fleet of TP52s. Onboard Artemis our first and second races were good with a 3,6 and we were 2nd overall at that point. Then a bad start and going the wrong way on the […]
I hate to report this to you but we had a very bad day on Artemis. We still managed to finish 5th in the regatta, but the racing today could hardly have been more painful for us. The conditions were perfect for this final day; 15 knot Easterly breeze, blue skies, moderate swell and the […]
It was a long day in a strong breeze, so we are all a bit tired. In 18-23 knot East Northeasterlies, we raced a windward leeward race and followed that up with a two mile coastal race. Artemis had a good day with a 6, 2 although we did not sail smoothly and made plenty […]
A long day in the heat today. It was 44C (which is about 107F) 10 miles North of here today. We had a light seabreeze…enough to get three races in. It is 1930 and we are heading back to the hotel. The Brits on TeamOrigin are on fire so far here with all their finishes […]
No wind. Plenty of heat. We’ll try again tomorrow. www.medcup.org Paul
Two races were held today in 14 knot, Easterly winds off the South coast of Spain. Artemis had an ok day….middle of the fleet in both races. We made a strategic decision this morning to not get in any close situations, no possible fouls, to just sail clean and see where the chips would fall. […]
The TP 52 fleet is back in action, this time in Cartegena, Spain. It is very hot here with temperatures right around 100F and with no wind until 1430 today, it was all about boom tents prior to the official practice race. We had the standard two practice starts followed by a race in 7-9 […]
The RC 44 Valencia Cup ended with two great races in 12-15 knots of wind on another perfectly sunny day. Team Aqua put another great performance to win the fleet racing and the overall combined. Torbjorn Tornqvist finished second with his team on Artemis and BMW Oracle 17 was third. Onboard Katusha with Guenaddi Timchenko, […]
We have had two great days of fleet racing here in Valencia in the RC 44 Class. The winds were lighter yesterday but up to 18 knots this afternoon. So far, eight races have been held. Onboard Katusha with our helmsman Guenaddi, we won a race yesterday and have gotten two 3rd place finishes to […]
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