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The Myth of Winsome
May 28, 2017
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
Wet and Windy Wednesday
August 15, 2012
Today was predicted to be a very wet and windy day, the Met Office predicted that the winds would be South-East 20-25 knots with gusts into the 30’s, veering to South-West in the afternoon. The Race Committee therefore decided to cancel racing for all white group classes and for classes IRC 6 and 7. Although […]
Post by Joost Heikens | August 15, 2012 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS
What went right on RORC’s De Guignant Bowl Race
May 15, 2011
Contrary to our previous race, most things went alright so we must have learned from our last experience unlike politicians. On Friday morning Joost and Babette started preparing Winsome for the race. On Friday afternoon Joost Nijhoff and Pieter van den Hoek prepared us a nice meal after they did the shopping for this race. […]
Post by Harry Heijst | May 15, 2011 | 2 Comments | Comments RSS