Another good day on the Artemis today! We got the bullet and moved into first overall for this regatta. That is two “coastal” race wins in a row for Artemis now with this one and the win in Cagliari. They are nice to win because they count 1.5 times a normal race. We had an […]

Another good day on the Artemis today! Finishes of 2, 4, 2 has us tied for first with Team New Zealand on 15 points. Quantum is third with 17. The first raced was very tricky because we started in a wind direction of 245 and finished in a wind direction of 305. In the middle, […]

Good day on the Artemis today! Finishes of 3, 4, 2 has us in second place overall after three races. Quantum is leading with 1, 1, 4. The first race did not get off until 1400. The forecast had the wind in the southwest for the early part of the day but an eminent shift […]

When up to a hundred doublehanded dinghies converge on San Francisco Bay next week for the 2009 SAP 505 World Championship sponsored by SAP and APL and hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club, one team will rate somewhere between a favorite and an enigma. The skipper—Howard Hamlin of Long Beach, Calif.—won it all in […]

Today was a much better day in terms of wind. There were 7-11 knots from the southwest. We left the dock on time at 1100 and went through our normal routine of tuning up with Matador before the start which was on time at 1300. As it is the practice race today, meaning that the […]

A little bit more wind today. 4-7 knots. Still very light. We managed 7 or 8 practice starts and two races. One went well, one not so well. Very difficult sailing in wind that light. It was good training all the same. The guys played touch rugby this morning on the beach and I went […]

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