Nassau Today was the final day of racing here in Nassau. The quarter finals, followed by the semi finals and the final race, was the card. The wind was 14-18 knots from the south and the race course was tucked in Montague Bay so that made for some big wind shifts and the breeze passed […]
Celebrating 100 with Sir Durward Knowles Nassau Three races were held today on Montague Bay of the east end of New Providence. All 25 teams were ready for the all important final day of qualifying. The winds were challenging today ranging from 4 knots to 20 knots with 30 degree wind shifts. The US team […]
Nassau Very light wind made today very challenging for the 25 teams competing in the SSL Finals here in Nassau. It was a balmy 84 degrees with 4-6 knots of wind from the southeast out off the track today. The Italians were on fire! Francesco Bruni of Palermo posted a 4, 1 while his countryman […]
Nassau Day 2 was very good to Phil and I. With scores of 1, 2, 20, 1 we jumped up to third place in the standings. We were very fast upwind in the 8-10 knots of wind and able to hold our own downwind. It has taken a lot of work for us to narrow […]
Nassau The Star Sailors League got underway today with two races in 12 knots from the east. The competition has never been tougher here, or maybe anywhere. No other sailing event puts 25 World Champions Olympic medalists, offshore champions together in one fleet on one race track. See the entry list on www.StarSailors.com. Phil and I […]
Gull Lake MI On Saturday, two races were scheduled for the final day of racing. A beautiful, clear blue sky greeted us that morning but not much wind. In fact, the little bit of wind that did arrive on Gull Lake swung around wildly in direction, and never amounted to more than 5 knots. The […]
Gull Lake, Michigan Three races were held today in 8-15 knots of wind. At times, the gusts were up to 17 knots which is a lot of wind for these restored, 50 year old, boats. There were a few breakdowns today. Brian and I gingerly sailed the last lap of race three with a broken […]
Gull Lake, Michigan Twelve incredibly well restored Stars are racing in the first Vintage Gold Cup here in Michigan. The boats and the creation of this event, are the passion and dream of Jon Vander Mullen and Don Parfet. Most of the boats are over 50 years old and all are wood. They have been updated […]
Eivind Melleby and Joshua Revkin, 2017 Star World Champions Troense, Denmark The final race was held in a 8 to 16 knot Westerly under sunny skies. The showdown between Eivind Melleby and Lars Grael materialized as Grael took the early lead and Melleby struggled to stay in the top 10. Hubert Merkelbach, Diego Negri, Reinhard Schmidt […]
Danny Cayard, September 1989 Troense Denmark Today was a rest day and rest I did. Slept til 10:00. Must have been tired. Later, Danny and I went down to the club (Sailors don’t know what to do with a day off!) and we raced in a fun race in the harbor that the event organizers […]
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