Archives: August, 2011
Winsome Rolex Fastnet Race 2011 – day2
August 16, 2011You all must have learned about the boats which retired last night. Heavy seas, but not a real problem for Winsome. She seems to like such kind of weather. The story of Rambler is not a very nice one though all 21 crew are rescued and safe now. So this message is meant to let […]
winsome news | by Harry Heijst | August 16, 2011 | 2 Comments | Comments RSS
Winsome Rolex Fastnet Race 2011 – day1
August 15, 2011After having warmed up Winsome last week during the Cowes Week for this race, we started with an early start right under the eyes of the RORC Officials on the RYS platform. We could not have done worse, but thanks to having had an OCS during our warming-up-week, we became (a little bit) wiser and […]
winsome news | by Harry Heijst | August 15, 2011 | 12 Comments | Comments RSS
Cowes Week Carnage, day 5
August 10, 2011Yesterday evening we were invited for a BBQ at the Goslings. A great evening with great people, despite Floris falling asleep halfway the evening and into his dessert. Pier View ended the evening after Boj stayed to turn off the lights and lock up the place after everybody left. We woke up with 23 knots […]
competition,winsome news | by Joost Heikens | August 10, 2011 | Comments Off on Cowes Week Carnage, day 5 | Comments RSS