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Palma de Mallorca The short story is that we finished 2nd in today’s race, and third for the regatta. The longer story is that the wind filled in so late that only one race was possible. When it filled it was the windiest of the week, at 18 knots. On Robertissima, we had a great […]

Palma de Mallorca Two good races were held again today in slightly more wind, and plenty of sunshine. Onboard Robertissima, we started of the day with a win. We won the left side of the starting line and therefore the left side of the race course and controlled things from there. After that first race, […]

Palma de Mallorca Hot and cold today for Robertissima. Except it’s always hot here in Palma! Two races were conducted on the Bay of Palma today in 10 knots of wind from the southwest. In the first race we executed our plan to start at the left end of the line only to find the […]

Palma de Majorca Todays race was the “coastal” race. This meant sailing a few laps around the bay of Palma. The conditions continued the same as all week, sunny, hot and 10 knots of wind from the south-southwest. We did not have a great start and were last at the first mark of the course. […]

Tuesday, August 05, 2014 Palma de Majorca Great day for Robertissima today! We won both races. It doesn’t get much better than that.After yesterday’s disappointing performance, we came out focused and determined.The wind was lighter and the race course trickier today. In the first race the left side paid and in the second race the […]

Palma de Majorca Today was the first day of the, 33rd annual, Copa del Rey, one of the Mediterranean’s largest regatta’s. I am sailing onboard Robertissima as tactician. Robertissima is a 72′ Vrolijk design IRC yacht. There are four others similar to us in our class. The Copa del Rey has 11 races on its […]

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