Harry Heijst
Cowes Week 2009, day 1
Prepare for the unexpected, Propper Preparation results in a 3rd place in RACE 1. Both WINSOME and her crew had some minor or major hiccups before the start of 2009 Cowes Week. Thursday WINSOME had her bottom wiped at Berthon’s Boatyard in Lymington. That is when we found that the anti-fouling was not completely dry when WINSOME was put in the […]
Post by Harry Heijst | August 1, 2009 | Comments Off on Cowes Week 2009, day 1 | Comments RSS
RORC Channel Race 2009
Start Saturday IRC2 Class at 08:10 British Summer Time. True Wind Speed 13 knots. True Wind Direction 280. Crew Wout van Everdingen, Joost Dantuma, Ed van den Heuvel, Francois van Vliet, Floris Oud, Carlo Vroon and myself. We started like all other boats under spinaker I. Wouter steered to a comfortable position in the front of the fleet. […]
Post by Harry Heijst | July 29, 2009 | Comments Off on RORC Channel Race 2009 | Comments RSS
Winsome’s first race in 2009 to St Malo
Finally finally finally, Winsome presented herself at the start of Cowes-Dinard (St Malo) on Friday 10th of July. On board Theun and Leen Hoogmoed, Joost and Jasper Heikens, Carien Dantuma, Boj Mirck and myself. We had a good start though we needed to make a gybe to get out of a difficult situation with boats […]
Post by Harry Heijst | July 14, 2009 | Comments Off on Winsome’s first race in 2009 to St Malo | Comments RSS
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