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
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- Complaints prompt investigation into Yachting NZ
- Abandoning a perfectly good boat
- Sailing (on purpose) into a hurricane
- Curmudgeon’s Observation
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Schoonmaker Cup
Cayard Sailing Reports, Star ClassCoxonut Grove Danny and I are back in the Grove for more Star Racing. This time the Schoonmaker Cup with 20 other teams. For this event, I am crewing for Danny. It has been fun to share the Star with him this past year and I hope he enjoys Star sailing for as many years […]
Zag Masters
Cayard Sailing Reports, Star ClassCoconut Grove Two races were held today in 8-10 knots from the east on Biscayne Bay. This weekend is the “Masters” regatta in the Star Class. Obviously, the name is indicative of a certain amount of life experience required to race in the “Masters”. The Masters has become the Zag Masters in honor of Frank Zagarino, […]
New Star
Cayard Sailing Reports, Star ClassCoconut Grove It’s winter in the northern hemisphere so where do Star sailors go? Miami. More than 30 teams are here in Miami for the 2016 Midwinter Championship. As usual the fleet is very is international with teams from Sweden, Italy, Germany, Canada, Argentina, France, England and USA. Today was a special day for me […]
King of Spain
Cayard Sailing Reports, Star ClassMarina del Rey 16 Stars turned up in Marina del Rey this weekend to contest the King of Spain regatta. The conditions couldn’t have been better with 8-10 knots for all 6 races. Jimmy Buckingham and Austin Sperry posted great scores to win the regatta with 7 points. They won three of the 6 races […]
Bacardi Cup-Day 4
Bacardi CupPhoto by Silken Coconut Grove Another picture perfect day with excellent sailing conditions. The wind was a bit lighter today starting out at 11 knots and dropping to 8 by the finish. The fleet was well behaved on the starting line so no Black Flag today and no one was over early. We had another great […]
Bacardi Cup-Day 1
Bacardi Cup, Cayard Sailing ReportsCoconut Grove, Florida March 1, 2015 I am back in south Florida for more Star sailing. This time the legendary Bacardi Cup. This year is the 88th running of this event which started in 1927 in Havana. 57 boats are racing from more than 10 countries. The competition will be tough with the Grael brothers […]
Star Midwinter Championship – Day 4
Star Class, Star Midwinter ChampionshipCoconut Grove Magnus and I came out determined to get back what was ours, and we did. We finished with a 1, 2 which was enough to move us up from 11th to 6th in the mid winters and save the overall Star Winter Series Championship by just one point. After yesterday’s broken mast, and […]
Star Midwinter Championship – Day 3
Star Class, Star Midwinter ChampionshipCoconut Grove Three races were sailed today on Biscayne Bay for the Star fleet. The wind was great: 15-18 from the northeast. Augur Diaz had a great day winning two of the races and Lars Grael continued to do well edging us for the win in race 1. We were in the hunt in all […]
Star Midwinter Championship – Day 2
Star Class, Star Midwinter ChampionshipCoconut Grove The forecast today was for a dying southerly breeze and that is what we got. Rich Raymond, Chairman of the Race Committee, amended the schedule last night and got us out there for a 10:00 start to get some racing in before the wind died. It was a good move as we got […]
Star Midwinter Championship
Star Class, Star Midwinter ChampionshipCoconut Grove Today was the first day of a four day event called the Star Midwinter Championship. This event plus the previous three events for the Winter Series. There will be an over all winner for the Winter Series as well as each of these individual events. The midwinter Championship is weighted double for the […]