Archives: August, 2011
Cowes week 2011: reflections
August 26, 2011Already it seems like a long time ago, Cowes Week 2011. Getting a wake-up call from Ocean 1, 2 or Twin Wakes, racing on the Solent, and drinking beers on Peter Morton’s deck, who so kindly showed us where his secret beer stash was. Don’t worry Peter, your secret is safe with us. The Mahiki bar […]
winsome news | by Joost Heikens | August 26, 2011 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS
Desktop perspective
August 19, 2011Dear WINSOME, Harry, Leen, Wout, Geoff, Paul, Jasper, Floris and Nijhof, Congratulations with this massive achievement, although the result might not be what you all were hoping for, I honestly believe you did very, very well. Well done! After our separation in Cowes, Heikens, Dantuma, Sue and I had dinner with Bob at Pier View. […]
winsome news | by Boj | August 19, 2011 | 2 Comments | Comments RSS
Winsome Rolex Fastnet Race 2011 – day4/2
August 18, 2011After nearly 600Nm sailing we were very close to Plymouth when all of a sudden the wind refused to do any more work. It happened some 20Nm outside of the entrance to the port. We could not avoid thinking a little bit about our likely 1st price in IRC4 Class, since it appeared that Pinta-M […]
winsome news | by Harry Heijst | August 18, 2011 | 2 Comments | Comments RSS