September 1, 2008 The 19th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda gets underway tomorrow with an entry list of 40 yachts representing a broad spectrum of maxi scene. Once again the canting keeled, carbon-fibre, super-maxi Alfa Romeo will brush shoulders with the polished brass and bright work of Ranger and […]
After a one hour delay onshore, the
Three races were completed today in Cartagena. That is a lot of laps. I can’t remember it all. I know we had three very good starts. The first race was tricky with the two winds, the 040 and the 090 fighting right in the middle of the race track. The wind speed was 14-16 knots […]
Not a great day for us on El Desafio today. It started out with someone forgetting one of the important sails for the coastal race, ashore… the A3 gennaker. That made things tricky for us on the reaches. The wind conditions were similar to yesterday but with a little less strength. So 16-19 from 045-090. […]
We onboard El Desafio won the day today with a 3, 1. Mutua Madrilena had a 2, 2 for equal points and now leads the Series. El Desafio moves up to third place, just two points out of first. Same wind, sky and waves as Tuesday. The race committee still had some trouble anchoring in […]
Today was the first day of racing here in Cartagena, the 5th Audi MedCup event of 2008.
Maserati recently caught up with Paul Cayard and his new Gran Turismo for a photo shoot in Sausalito.
At 0830 this morning we had 50 miles to go and we had just got finished dealing with the morning squalls. They were pretty mild this morning. We were hoping for a bit more really, to give us a chance to pass the Raindrop for first to finish. Raindrop is the only boat ahead of […]
26°N 149°W Ralfie and I just came off watch from the best night of sailing we have experienced yet. The clouds have finally cleared and the stars couldn’t be brighter. With a blazing half moon all of our headlights have remained down below. The breeze has been very shifty which has kept us on our […]
26° 33′ 149° 36′ 540 miles to go Sail changes, squall dodging, gybing Continued 26° 20′ 150° 18′ 1130 HST Things could not being going better really. The crew are all very enthusiastically enjoying the ride. The owner is too! In fact, that is the mission. We are now solidly in the trades, 18 knots […]
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