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1st Race Day

Star Class

The 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 […]

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May 26, 2004/by Paul Cayard
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Arrival

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Just 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 […]

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May 24, 2004/by Paul Cayard
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Day 8 Races

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We 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 […]

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May 3, 2004/by Paul Cayard
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Race Day 8

Star Class

We 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 […]

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May 2, 2004/by Paul Cayard
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Race Day 7

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Today 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 […]

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May 2, 2004/by Paul Cayard
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Day 6

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It 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 […]

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May 1, 2004/by Paul Cayard
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Day 7 Races

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Today 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 […]

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May 1, 2004/by Paul Cayard
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Race Day 5

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We 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 […]

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April 30, 2004/by Paul Cayard
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Day 6

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It 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 […]

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April 30, 2004/by Paul Cayard
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Day 4

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Well, 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 […]

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April 29, 2004/by Paul Cayard
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