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Winsome Rolex Fastnet Race 2011 – day1
August 15, 2011
After having warmed up Winsome last week during the Cowes Week for this race, we started with an early start right under the eyes of the RORC Officials on the RYS platform. We could not have done worse, but thanks to having had an OCS during our warming-up-week, we became (a little bit) wiser and […]
Post by Harry Heijst | August 15, 2011 | 12 Comments | Comments RSS
Winsome Rolex Fastnet Race 2011 – day2
August 16, 2011
You all must have learned about the boats which retired last night. Heavy seas, but not a real problem for Winsome. She seems to like such kind of weather. The story of Rambler is not a very nice one though all 21 crew are rescued and safe now. So this message is meant to let […]
Post by Harry Heijst | August 16, 2011 | 2 Comments | Comments RSS
Winsome Rolex Fastnet Race 2011 – day3
August 17, 2011
After rounding the Fastnet Rock, the weather got much lighter. It did not mean we could take a rest since we had to keep our competitors from our tail. When we rounding the Fastnet Rock, we first set spinaker I, trimmed the sails, cleaned up the boat etc. Only thereafter we uncorked our bottle of […]
Post by Harry Heijst | August 17, 2011 | 4 Comments | Comments RSS