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
- Only USA entry in Rolex Sydney Hobart
- Happy Christmas from Emirates GBR!
- Where is your holiday wreath?
- Schedule set for Sailing Grand Slam
- Complaints prompt investigation into Yachting NZ
- Abandoning a perfectly good boat
- The World Sailing Show
- Sailing (on purpose) into a hurricane
- Curmudgeon’s Observation
- Happy holidays from The Ocean Race
1st Race Day
Star ClassThe locals said it was a good day..13 degrees centigrade just a little rain but not too windy.8-14 knots. Still, it was cold, grey and overcast out there. The wind was oscillating around 330, plenty of opportunity out there.to go up and down. We had a fantastic first race. Had a good start, didn’t feel […]
Arrival
Star ClassJust arrived in Medemblick-Holland today for the SPA regatta. This is an annual regatta for Olympic classes. I have never been here as it is too cold. But this year it is part of our training for the Olympics so we are making some sacrafices including coming here. There are about 30 Stars here including […]
Day 8 Races
Star ClassWe got the final race in just 30 minutes before the end of the time limit. It was a light air race-6-8 knots from 240. The course for today was three windward legs and two leeward legs. We had a good start again and quickly found ourselves with 6 boats at the front of the […]
Race Day 7
Star ClassToday was a beautiful day on the Golfo de Gaeta. It all came good in the end. The fog burned off, the sea breeze filled in and we were off and racing around 11:30. Black flag was up for the first start. No time to waste today. We had a very good start toward the […]
Race Day 8
Star ClassWe got the final race in just 30 minutes before the end of the time limit. It was a light air race-6-8 knots from 240. The course for today was three windward legs and two leeward legs. We had a good start again and quickly found ourselves with 6 boats at the front of the […]
Day 6
Star ClassIt is getting ugly. No race today. Not even a start, not even a warning signal. NO WIND. Further, there has been controversy over the Dutch Team that won yesterdays race. First they were OCS.so out of the race. Then they protested and got back in. Then Bromby (BER) protested them, and the committee, as […]
Day 7 Races
Star ClassToday was a beautiful day on the Golfo de Gaeta. It all came good in the end. The fog burned off, the sea breeze filled in and we were off and racing around 11:30. Black flag was up for the first start. No time to waste today. We had a very good start toward the […]
Race Day 5
Star ClassWe finally got race 3 in today. We got out there at 10:00 for an 11:00 start. The wind was light and so we did not get started until about 15:00. We had a nice breeze at the start; 15 knots from 130 but that quickly dissipated. We did not have a great start but […]
Day 6
Star ClassIt is getting ugly. No race today. Not even a start, not even a warning signal. NO WIND. Further, there has been controversy over the Dutch Team that won yesterdays race. First they were OCS.so out of the race. Then they protested and got back in. Then Bromby (BER) protested them, and the committee, as […]
Day 4
Star ClassWell, it didn’t get any better today. After a 2-hour delay waiting for the wind to settle down, we got under way around 16:00 in 6 knots of wind from 230. We had a very good start in the right hand side of the line and about three minutes into the race we tacked and […]