Entries by Paul Cayard

Cayard addresses Annapolis Yacht Club Members

AYC Hosts The Black Pearl During VOR Annapolis Stopover As the official host club of The Black Pearl during its Annapolis stopover, AYC and its members had a unique opportunity to enjoy the Volvo Ocean Race. With a mutual interest in promoting junior sailing, Paul Cayard and the Annapolis Yacht Club Foundation teamed up to […]

Baltimore In Port Race

It was another solid performance by the Pirates of the Caribbean today with a third place in the Baltimore import race. The result also moved the Pirates up to third place overall moving past ABN Amro Two. The breeze was 9 knots at the start and dropped to 6 knots on the third downwind leg […]

Pirates of the Caribbean Appearance at West Marine

This afternoon Paul Cayard, Skipper of The Pirates of the Caribbean made an appearance at West Marine in Annapolis. On the eve of the Annapolis NOOD Regatta, interested sailors came from all over to learn more about Cayard’s experiences and adventures aboard The Black Pearl in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006. More than 200 people […]

Black Pearl has Arrived into Baltimore in Third Place

The only American yacht in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005/06, The Black Pearl skippered by Paul Cayard (US), has arrived into Baltimore in third place to a rapturous home welcome. Pirates of the Caribbean team finished at 0722 (local time) to clench their fourth podium place and skipper and crew were clearly delighted. When they […]

3/4ers the way up the Chesapeake Bay

Position: 38,44.29N , 76,24.97W Speed: 8 knots, Course: 32 deg. In the USA. We are currently 3/4ers the way up the Chesapeake Bay. The last 48 hours have been trying. We have been slating in flat calms with huge left over seas, dodging intense electrical storms, and beating upwind in a 30 knot squall. The […]

Very cool!

As Pirates of the Caribbean blasted through the mist off the entrance of Chesapeake Bay, I could hear that fabulous music from the Walt Disney movie in my head. Thanks to the immense help of Kimo Worthington, Mitch Brindley and Brian McCauley, we had arrived at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel about 10 minutes before […]

Fluky winds yesterday

Position: 30,31.26N , 69,44.24W Speed: 19 knots, Course: 324 deg. It was a long a tedious day yesterday as we crawled our way through the high pressure ridge. Fluky winds with maximum gusts of 5 knots were the norm for about 10 hours. We managed just 77 miles in 12 hours during the middle of […]