Archives: July, 2017
Lendy Cowes Week 2017 – Day 2
July 31, 2017Following yesterday’s excellent result, we were all keen on getting another good result in today. Whereas yesterday was a day of little breeze, winds for today were forecasted to be between 18-22 knots. Our start was on the fixed line at the Bramble end, near the Williams Shipping buoy. It was indeed breezy out on the Solent […]
winsome news | by Boj | July 31, 2017 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS
The first racing day of Lendy Cowes Week 2017
July 29, 2017After two days of preparation WINSOME and her crew were ready to start the Lendy Cowes Week 2017. This year around 8000 sailors will participate. We are participating in IRC Class 5 along with twenty-one competitors. Harry, Leen, Laura, Dirk Jan, Joost D., Boj, Joost N., Floris and Herman only want to improve the result […]
winsome news | by Boj | July 29, 2017 | 5 Comments | Comments RSS
Preparation for Lendy Cowes Week 2017
July 28, 2017After the RORC Channel Race, we have been preparing WINSOME and ourselves for Cowes Week 2017. I do not know how many times WINSOME participated already. Perhaps 18 times? On Wednesday we took delivery of WINSOME at Berthon Lymington. The entire crew arrived in the course of the day. We did some training on Thursday […]
winsome news | by Harry Heijst | July 28, 2017 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS