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Round the Island: perfect conditions for record breakers

June 3, 2013

if you sail an AC 45 with a wingmast driven by an all star olympic champion…… if you sail a 100 foot A-sailing full on racing machine with a leopard on the side….. All right, you got me there, I’m just a bit jealous. But only of their results. The Round the Island record for […]

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RYS regatta

July 2, 2018

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, […]

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Stop The Press: WINSOME WINS SYDNEY – HOBART 2008 in IRC4

December 30, 2008

After 3 days, 18 hours, 54 minutes and 51 seconds WINSOME crossed the finish-line on the Derwent River, finishing first on corrected time in IRC 4. At 7.54 am (December 30th, local time), Harry Heijst graciously gave the grand old lady WINSOME her berth in Hobart after 628 miles of racing in one of the most […]

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