Joost Heikens
RYS regatta
Well, the bar was set: winning the Morgan Cup the weekend before. Thursday June 29th Geoff, Peter, Leen, Floris, Boj, Lennard, Harry and Joost H met in Winsome’s Cottage. The next day was the start of the RYS regatta: 3 days of sailing around the cans on the Solent. Weather conditions were to be light, […]
Post by Joost Heikens | July 2, 2018 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS
next stop Cherbourg!
The Cherbourg Race is the last of the UK-based races of the RORC Season and will start this Friday. Compared to the Fastnet it is only 75 miles. I understand now I have to call it a Ladies Race as it is 125 miles short of a proper race. However it has all the ingredients […]
Post by Joost Heikens | August 26, 2017 | Comments Off on next stop Cherbourg! | Comments RSS
The Myth of Winsome
At the moment Winsome is under sail. She is sailing the RORC Myth of Malham Race. A challenging race of which the first 130 miles is full of strategic calls and challenges navigators to make difficult calls, snakes and ladders all the way up to Eddystone Lighthouse. The first 130 miles of the Fastnet Race, […]
Post by Joost Heikens | May 28, 2017 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS
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