Wednesday evening race #18 North Westerly winds at 3-8 knots. Race course was 2 X 1 X Includes exciting footage of how NOT to round the windward mark…!! Solid start, got very close to Hallel, debatable whether we got too … Continue reading
Wednesday evening race #17 North Westerly winds at 8-10 knots. Race course was 3 1 X 3 X 3 Don’t go to that layline too early…!! Good solid start towards the boat (boat was favored by 10 degrees). Tacked a … Continue reading
Governors Cup August 31st – Sep 1st No F*&%$ing wind…!! For a flavour of the weekend see below:
Wednesday evening race #16 North Westerly winds at 8-12 knots. Race course was 3 7 3 X Small mistakes give up the first place…!! Quite a large left shift and lull right at the start…see video: Covered successfully and played … Continue reading
Grand River Sailing Club Southerly winds at 5-8 knots. Race Grand Haven to Muskegon Not much to say…Relaxed good times a few cocktails and a lot of attention to sail trim!! First in section, third in fleet….same as last year.
Wednesday evening race #15 North Easterly winds at 12-18 knots. Race course was 4 8 7 4 X The start was the whole race here – execution and not gybing early enough let us down – video shows it all…!! … Continue reading
Wednesday evening race #14 North Westerly winds (315) at 8-12 knots. Race course was 3 7 3 X 3 Solid race – gave away to Desperado at the end…!! Played the breeze up the middle, as we did a lot … Continue reading
Wednesday evening race #13 North Westerly winds at 8-12 knots. Race course was 4 8 4 X 4 How to give away rockstar, win the boat start…!! Vid says it all for the start: Editors note: Just watch carefully and … Continue reading
Wednesday evening race #12 North Westerly winds at 5-10 knots. Race course was 2 X 2 X 2 Boat speed a problem…!! See start below: Second downwind:
Wednesday evening race #11 North Westerly winds at 10-18 knots. Race course was 3 7 (6 legs) Mid race brain trust failure…!! A mediocre start – managed to get fairly close to the line but with no speed. You can … Continue reading
