Today, of course, would have been one of the best sailing days of the last two months. 18-25 knots of breeze from the southwest. Nice big waves. We checked over the boat and just relaxed today. Phil spent the afternoon with his family. I am watching the Olympic on TV between naps and eating everything […]
Tough day for the USA. We got a 6th and an 8th while the French got a 3,1 and Canada got a 8,2. So we are 5.8 points out of third and 9 points out of 2nd. Torben Greal of Brazil clinched the gold medal with his 4th in the last race. Athens served up […]
Short story. We gained a few points on Second place CAN. Slightly longer story; The race we sailed poorly, we won. The race we sailed well, we finished 15th. Torben Greal of Brazil all but won the gold today with his 2,7. He has just outsailed everyone so far, no on is even close to […]
We were more lucky than good today. We finished 6th and moved into third place. The scores are very tight except for Grael who has a big lead. Today we had Meltemi wind, (wind off the land), about 22 knots at the start and as light as 14 knots at times during the race. The […]
Back on track today. It was a very difficult day wind wise. 30 degree shifts and unstable wind strength…8-12 knots. To give you an idea of the day, the Spanish led at the first mark and finished last. And there weren’t spinning 720’s. It was just that tricky out there. We had a good start […]
Tough Day at the office for USA. In the first race we did two 720’s at the windward mark (Penalty turns-4 complete circles), and fell into a hole on the last beat and got left for dead. In the second race we were over the line early at the pin end, we realized that it […]
I am getting so many nice letter from fans I thought I should share a couple with you. The first is from Sally Dane, Austin Sperry’s girlfriend and John Danes daughter. The second is from Terry Hutchinson one of the best sailors in the USA. The third is from my daughter. Hello, I just wanted […]
We had a very good day today. We wont the first race of the Olympics in the Star class. Then we got a 6th and we lead the fleet. That’s just the first day…long way to go. The day started off slowly. We were postponed ashore so that the Ynglings and Finns, who race on […]
A day that left me with the right feeling for tomorrow. We had the practice race today and we found out when we got to the windward mark that we had been OCS with a couple of others. But that did not bother me as we had just sailed one of our best light air […]
Getting closer to the start…2 days to go. I am trying to shake a sore throat and slept a little extra today. Phil got the spares organized to go in the coach boat for tomorrow and every day that we race. We tinkered on the spare mast and put it away fully rigged and ready […]
Bacardi CupMarch 2, 2020 - 7:56 pm
Sailing Scuttlebutt
