Coconut Grove Today was the first day of both the Walker Series and the Star Midwinter Series. 44 Stars showed up for a one hour delayed start to race 1, on Biscayne Bay. The delay was due to very light easterly winds which only ever got up to 7 knots today. It was sunny and […]
Coconut Grove The Star Masters fleet, 32 strong, was treated to beautiful Miami conditions today with southeasterly winds in the 7-9 knot range and sunshine. In the first race, Magnus and I had a good battle with our old friends Mark Reynolds and Hal Haenel. We traded the lead twice but Mag and I prevailed. […]
Coconut Grove 32 Stars came to Mimai to compete in the annual Zag Masters; a fun tradition that includes father son, father daughter, Master(50+),Grand Masters(60+), and Exhaulted Grand Masters (70+). Golf on Friday is the precursor to the racing on the weekend; normally two races on Saturday and one on Sunday. Today the breeze was […]
Coconut Grove Two races were held today on Biscayne Bay for the Star Class racing for the Bob Levin memorial trophy. The breeze was on at 16 knots from the East which got the temperature up into the 60’s. It was a shifty again with the wind coming over the key onto the track. Magnus […]
Coconut Grove A brisk and chilly northerly greeted the Star fleet for the first regatta of 2018. Winds on the race track ranged between 8 and 18 knots with a few rain showers. Three races were held for the 19 boat fleet. The wind was very shifty, not oscillating predicatably but rather randomly shifting. This […]
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 […]
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