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 […]
Typical Danish House Troense Denmark One race was held today in 8 knots from the southwest. There were some pretty big shifts out there today and unfortunately for Danny, I got them all wrong. We had our worst finish in 50th. My bad! Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi of Italy won the race while George […]
Start of race 4 Troense, Denmark Today was a beautiful day here in Troense. No rain, and there was more sun than clouds. The wind for the two races held today was 12-14 knots still from the west. The Star World courses are 10.4 miles long by the class rules so 2 of those plus […]
Traoense, Denmark Race 2 here in Troense and the race committee held us a shore for a couple of hours as the wind was too strong once again. Finally we went out for a 13:45 start. At the first start the fleet was too aggressive and had to be recalled. For the second start, just as […]
Danny and I sailing in Miami in 2016. Troense, Denmark Day two lived up to it predicted strong winds. With winds in the mid 20’s and plenty of thunder and lightening, the Race Committee did not hesitate to cancel the racing for the day. Danny and I had a good day finishing up our work […]
Stars nearing the windward mark with crews hiking over the side to hold the boat upright. Troense, Denmark The 2017 Star World Championship kicked off today with the first race in 15-23 knots of wind and cloudy skies. The conditions got a bit gusty as the race progressed and 7 boats lost their masts. Unfortunately […]
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