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
Bacardi Cup-Race 3
Star ClassThe forecast for today was not good… A weak NW gradient giving way to a weak sea breeze. That happened and it was a tricky day. The wind finally filled in around 1300 from 130 at 7-8 knots. It looked promising. In this wind direction the left side is usually favored. We started near the […]
Bacardi Cup-Race 2
Star ClassThe Black Flag was back today and we got caught. We sailed up to the windward mark, not in particularly good shape and saw our bow number posted so we retired. The day was supposed to be w windy one from the NW. We put our heavy air main on for the trials to give […]
Bacardi Cup-Race 1
Star ClassToday started off slowly. The forecast was for 5-10 knots from the SSW. Eventually the wind was supposed to go all the way to the WSW. There is a cold front expected tonight and WNW winds 10-15 for tomorrow. However, the gradient was weak today and it was very hot. For 2 hours, from 1200-1400, […]
March 6, 2004 Training Day on Biscayne Bay
Star ClassYesterday we had a day ashore, working on our masts, and getting items on our work list checked off. It was nice to be off the water for a day. I went to the gym late in the afternoon with our Sam and had a good high energy workout. Sam has changed our workout routine […]
March 4, 2004 Training Day on Biscayne Bay
Star ClassWinds were 130 at 10-14 knots today. The water a bit smoother than yesterday. The day started out at 0645 with a run to the gym and then an hour and a half work out with our trainer Sammy. Shower and breakfast and down to the club by 0945. We went out with the
March 3, 2004 Training Day on Biscayne Bay
Star ClassWe had a better day today. Still blowing 14-18 form the ESE today. Today activities were; gym 0645, breakfast 0830, shower 0900, West Marine 0930, arrival at the club 0945, rig up and tuning, dock out 11:30. The water schedule was three races today. Freddy Loof of SWE dominated the first two races. Xavier Rohart […]
March 2, 2004 Training Day on Biscayne Bay
Star ClassBack to the Star after a good week on the Samba Pa Ti Farr 40 where we finished second in the SORC. The SORC now is a 10 races event, all short course buoy races. Phil and I hit the gym this morning at 0700 for a few hours then ate breakfast at our favorite […]
Race Day 4
Star ClassNo wind today… No races. So the final standings are those of yesterday: 1) Reynolds/Erickson (USA) 37, 2) Beashal/Giles (AUS) 44, 3) Loof/Eckstrom (SWE) 51, 4) Domingos/Santos (POR) 51, 5) Cayard/Trinter (USA) 52, 6) Holm/Olsen (DEN) 53, 7) Koch/Koy (GER) 55, 8) Neeleman/Van Niekerk (NED) 58. We are fairly satisfied with our result. A lot […]
Race Day 3
Star ClassWe had our best and worst today. In fact 4 out of the top 5 had their worst race today. The wind was 8 knots in the first race from 125 and 6 knots in the second race from 120. In the first race, we won the pin end and were able to tack and […]
Race Day 2
Star ClassToday we had some consistency and some luck. The day started out with 16-22 knots from the Northwest. This is typically a very shifty direct as the wind comes off the shore and today was typical. Sometimes the left looks good and sometimes the right comes good. Very hard to know. In the first two […]