Harry Heijst
RORC race Cowes-Cherbourg, not 1st, nor 2nd, nor 3rd but only 8th in IRC-4 Class
This would become our last race in 2019. Crew: Leen, Geoff Sinton, Pieter K, Jan Maarten, Alexander, myself. Race of only 70 Nm. The wind dropped in the last hours prior to our start and we started with G1. Within one minute to the start the tack-Tylaska of G1 loosened itself from the deck and […]
Post by Harry Heijst | September 12, 2019 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS
It’s over
On the last we needed to make sure that ELAINE AGAIN would not become 1st, since in that case we would have -after a discart- same points. We would be ranked 2nd since ELAINE AGAIN had one more 1st day score than WINSOME. If we sailed or not, really did not matter for our score, […]
Post by Harry Heijst | August 17, 2019 | 2 Comments | Comments RSS
Rolex Fastnet Race with a Crew having done altogether 25 Fastnet races on board of Winsome (20) and other boats.
After RORC Channel Race we had to go to Berthon. MMC Cowes discovered a kind of corrosion resp blisters on the leading edge and on the shoe of the keel, already prior to the RORC Channel Race. We also had to do some make-up on sb of the hull, caused by LONGE PIERRE in St […]
Post by Harry Heijst | August 9, 2019 | 3 Comments | Comments RSS
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