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
Walker Cup Day 2
Star ClassCoconut Grove- No racing today. Too light winds. After a long delay, the race committee fired off one start. We got around first mark 4th then they abandoned. Wind was non existent. Walker Cup results as per yesterday. Next event is Masters next weekend. Paul
Walker Cup Day 1
Star ClassCoconut Grove- 20 Stars competed in three races today onBiscayne Bay. The wind was 7 knots from the southeast for race one and built to 11 knots for race 3. As usual, Miami delivered perfect Star sailing conditions. I am privileged to be sailing with Olympic Gold medalist Magnus Liljedahl for this weekend. We started […]
Star Class
Star ClassSorry I did not write any personal updates during this event. Just went and had fun! Paul America’s Cup’s Cayard Takes Miami Championship With Final Race Performance 25 Year-Old Boston Sailmaker Tomas Hornos Wins Final Race and Junior Title, Miami’s Diaz Leads Winter Series Coconut Grove, FL (January 13, 2014) – America’s Cup skipper and […]
Star Sailor League – Day 3
Star ClassNassau, Two races were held today in 10-12 knots out of the east. Austin and I went into todays races at the back of the leader board, but had a good day and managed to climb up a few positions. We got off to a great start leading race 1 around the first lap, losing […]
Star Sailor League – Day 2
Star ClassNassau- Three races were held today in perfect conditions, once again. East winds of 10-14 knots and bright sunshine made for another postcard day in Nassau. Austin and I got off to a good start with a fourth place in the first race of the day. We had a great start, good speed upwind so […]
Star Sailor League – Day 1
Star ClassPerfect Star sailing conditions were delivered in Nassau today. 8-12 knots from the east and sunshine made the sailing spectacular for this elite fleet. Four races were held on Montague Bay at the east end of Nassau, each about 40 minutes. With just 18 boats on the track, and all of them very good, the […]
Transpac Results – Travelling Day
Star ClassOne Island to Another Honolulu With about 3/4’s of the fleet finished, the Transpac results are posted now for the top positions. Samba Pa Ti had a clean sweep winning our class, the fleet and first to finish among boats without movable ballast. Onboard Flash, we finished second in class and second overall. A very […]
Transpac Update
Star ClassTom Akin had a lot to say about sailing Flash, a TP 52, to Hawaii. His initial comments were, “I found out what is its like to be in a TP52 for seven days. You sit in water, you eat in water, and you sleep in water. It’s wet. The beast is not as luxurious […]
Transpac Update – 240 miles to go!
Star ClassIt was a tough 24 hours for Flash and a great 24 hours for Samba. The sailing has been great. Lots of high speed sailing….24 knots of boat speed. These TP52s with the bowsprits and deeper keels are great boats to sail. Everyone on Flash is driving the boat and experiencing the exhilaration. At one […]
Transpac Update – Aiming at the barn
Star ClassAbout 680 miles to go. Well we got to our gybe point just about an hour ago. So far the wind is holding in the low 60’s (this means 60 degrees as in ENE, not 60 knots) and that gives us a great heading right at Hilo. A lot will happen between here and Diamond […]