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Round The Island Race 2008
June 30, 2008
The world’s second largest yachting race, the Round the Island Race, took place on the 28th June 2008 in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. 1750 yachts lined up to start from 06.00h to circumnavigate the island. The 50-mile course around the Isle of Wight saw some of the biggest names in the sailing world competing […]
Post by Joost Heikens | June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS
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 […]
Post by Joost Heikens | December 30, 2008 | 23 Comments | 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.
On Friday […]
Post by Harry Heijst | May 15, 2011 | 2 Comments | Comments RSS
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