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Cowes Week, day 5
August 7, 2013
The weather predictions were not te be trusted, they said and wrote themselves, and blamed the French for the rain which was expected. There was no rain, we had 10-14 knots of wind and even enjoyed the sun, thank you France! Today we had a committee boat start which brought us East on the Solent. We […]
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Cowes Week, the final act
August 10, 2013
So it did not turn out to be a ‘lay day’. Friday was another beautiful day to go sailing with 10-14 knots of wind. The pressure was on, we needed a really good result and even more, we needed some other yachts to finish between us and Zarafa, Alaris and Xcitable. So really it was […]
Post by Joost Heikens | August 10, 2013 | 3 Comments | Comments RSS
Cowesweek 2009, dag 7
August 7, 2009
Een lastige afsluiting van een mooie week op de Solent. Het doel was duidelijk, het vasthouden van de derde plaats in de eindrangschikking, maar het is niet gelukt. Een start richting West waar weinig te verdienen viel zonder onverantwoorde risico’s te nemen, stroom, wind en koers naar de eerste boei dicteerden de plek; dringen dus, […]
Post by Harry Heijst | August 7, 2009 | Comments Off on Cowesweek 2009, dag 7 | Comments RSS