Entries by Paul Cayard

TP52 – Audi MedCup – Portimao

Today was a much better day in terms of wind. There were 7-11 knots from the southwest. We left the dock on time at 1100 and went through our normal routine of tuning up with Matador before the start which was on time at 1300. As it is the practice race today, meaning that the […]

TP52 – Audi MedCup – Portimao

A little bit more wind today. 4-7 knots. Still very light. We managed 7 or 8 practice starts and two races. One went well, one not so well. Very difficult sailing in wind that light. It was good training all the same. The guys played touch rugby this morning on the beach and I went […]

TP52 – Audi MedCup – Portimao

Squeezing water out of a rock. That is what it is like trying to sail here these past two days. 4.6 knots of wind was the top of it. Still, we managed to get in some useful practice simulating our approaches to the starting line and accelerating the boat from 2 knots of speed up […]

TP52 – Audi MedCup – Portimão

Just finished our first day of training over here in Portugal. Very light wind made it difficult to get much done. We checked our masthead genoa and a few light jibs and tuned the rig. We are onto our weight checks too. It is fairly hot here, 30C, so you don’t want to have to […]

Sailing Talk Podcast – Paul Cayard on 505 racing and the ‘stored power’ controversy

MP3 audio (31 minutes): Paul Cayard calls into Sailing Talk from San Francisco, where he’ll soon be racing a 505 in the World Championships with Howie Hamlin. Not surprisingly, Paul’s also got something to say about the ‘stored power’ should-they-allow-engines-in-the-America’s-Cup debate. Justin Chisholm reports from the Mirror Worlds which are concluding in North Wales…. Listen […]

Hard Decisions & No Brainers ***

Like many top professional sailors, Paul Cayard is a perfectionist. Having won the Whitbread Race at this first attempt in 1997, he was a useful guy to get on board Grant Dalton’s 2001 campaign for the Volvo Ocean Race aboard Amer Sports One. There must have been times, though, when some of his team mates […]

TP 52- Audi MedCup-Cagliari – Final

Three races today on the Gulfo di Cagliari in a Mistral of 15 to 27 knots. We had our worst day with a 9, 8, 6. Still we hung on to third place overall. Team New Zealand won the regatta although they did not win any of the races today. Matador had a first in […]

TP 52- Audi MedCup-Cagliari

We had another good day on the Artemis today. Three inshore races were planned but the wind got real wobbly after 1430 and we were only able to get a second one in and it was a bit marginal at that. The first race was held in 10-12 knots of wind from 170. We had […]

TP 52- Audi MedCup-Cagliari

We had a great day on the Artemis today. It was the Coastal Race today, a 30 mile course around the Gulf of Cagliari and we managed to take the checkered flag. Team New Zealand finished second and Matador 5th after leading around the first windward leeward. We are now second to TNZ by 3.5 […]

TP 52- Audi MedCup-Cagliari

We had another good day on the Artemis. Two races were held on the Gulf of Cagliari in 10-12 knots of wind from the southeast. Artemis scored a 3, 3 and we are still in third place. Matador won the day with a 1, 2 and is now just one point out of first. Team […]