Star Class Intro…
Cayard’s Updates
- Time to TackFebruary 25, 2023 - 3:48 pm
- US Olympic SailingMay 7, 2021 - 9:00 am
Bacardi CupMarch 2, 2020 - 7:56 pm
SSL FinalsDecember 7, 2019 - 4:10 pm
SSL Finals-Day 4December 6, 2019 - 6:45 pm- SSL FinalsDecember 5, 2019 - 4:22 pm
Schoonmaker CupNovember 10, 2019 - 2:51 pm
Vintage Gold Cup 2019October 6, 2019 - 2:07 pm
Sailing Scuttlebutt
- Complaints prompt investigation into Yachting NZ
- Abandoning a perfectly good boat
- Sailing (on purpose) into a hurricane
- Curmudgeon’s Observation
- Happy holidays from The Ocean Race
- Go shopping for Santa
- Dear Santa, I want a boat
- Curmudgeon’s Observation
- Best wishes from Christian Février
- Curmudgeon’s Observation
Star Sailors League Final
Cayard Sailing Reports, Star ClassNassau SSL Finals The Day started off with the Quarter Finals. Arthur and I tuned up before the fist race with Jorge Zarif and found out then that he was very fast after his retune last night. I think I may have said too much when I told Augie Diaz what I did the night […]
Star Sailors League Press Release
Cayard Sailing Reports, Star ClassSSL Finals 2018 View this email in your browser SSL Finals 2018 December 3rd- 8th Nassau, BahamasSCHEIDT/BOENING DEMOLISH OPPOSITION ON FINAL DAY OF STAR SAILORS LEAGUE FINALS QUALIFYING While the star performers today certainly were Robert Scheidt/Henry Boening and Paul Cayard, significant to more competitors was what was happening mid-fleet. For today, Friday, the final […]
Star Sailors League-Day 4
Cayard Sailing Reports, Star Classphoto by Marc Rouiller Nassau Four races were held today in 12-15 knots from the northeast to close out the qualifying part of the SSL Finals. The adjustments we made last night were right on the money and we were quite fast upwind and downwind. When you are fast it is much easier to be smart […]
Star Sailors League-Day 3
Cayard Sailing Reports, Star ClassNassau Day 3 of the SSL Finals saw three races in 12-15 knots from the northeast….beautiful sailing conditions that the Bahamas are famous for. Unfortunately for Arthur and I, it wasn’t a great day. We struggle for speed upwind mostly, and downwind its just a battle. Provisional Ranking after 7 total races: Mark Mendleblatt […]
Star Sailors League Finals-Day 2
Cayard Sailing Reports, Star ClassPhoto by Marc Rouiller Nassau, Bahamas The first 4 races of the 2018 SSL finals are in the books. It was just an ok day for my crew Arthur (Tutu) Lopes and I. The wind was from the west at 8-10 knots and very shifty most of the day. The fleet starts like the photo […]
Star Sailors League Finals
Cayard Sailing Reports, Star ClassNassau, Bahamas Racing starts tomorrow for 25 of the best sailing teams in the World! The Star Sailors League, which includes Olympic Champions and World Champions from various classes, is hosting its annual “Finals” Championship in Nassau, Bahamas. The forecast for tomorrow during the racing period is for winds from the South Southwest 4 groping […]
2018 Western Hemisphere Championship
Star ClassStar Midwinter Championship-Levin
Bob Levin Memorial, Cayard Sailing ReportsCoconut Grove Two races were held today on Biscayne Bay for the Star Class racing for the Bob Levin memorial trophy. The breeze was on at 16 knots from the East which got the temperature up into the 60’s. It was a shifty again with the wind coming over the key onto the track. Magnus […]
Star Sailors League Press
Cayard Sailing Reports, Star ClassNassau Here is the official SSL press release from the first day of racing. SSL Finals 2016 November 28th – December 4th Nassau, Bahamas BATTLE COMMENCES AT SSL FINALS 2016 The 4th edition of the Star Sailors League Finals kicked off in earnest today with two qualifying races. The early exchanges confirmed the amazing quality […]
Schoonmaker Cup Final
Star ClassPhoto by Marco Oquendo Coconut Grove Two races were held today today in 8-10 knots from the east-southeast. We had our ups and downs but basically Danny sailed very fast downwind and we made huge gains on the final runs of both races to finish 9 and 7. That was enough to move us up to 7th […]