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Winsome Rolex Fastnet Race 2011 – day4
August 18, 2011
Am unable to write too much today since we are trying to keep Pinta-M, Iromiguy and Elmarlien from our IRC-rated-back. It is a big fight with them though only virtually since Pinta-M is about 18Nm behind us, Iromiguy 53 and Elmarlien 74. We cannot even see them on AIS for reasons I explained earlier in […]
Post by Harry Heijst | August 18, 2011 | 2 Comments | Comments RSS
Winsome Rolex Fastnet Race 2011 – day4/2
August 18, 2011
After nearly 600Nm sailing we were very close to Plymouth when all of a sudden the wind refused to do any more work. It happened some 20Nm outside of the entrance to the port. We could not avoid thinking a little bit about our likely 1st price in IRC4 Class, since it appeared that Pinta-M […]
Post by Harry Heijst | August 18, 2011 | 2 Comments | Comments RSS
WINSOME SEASON 2011
January 21, 2011
Preparations for the 2011 season have started months ago. WINSOME is undergoing a refit at Berthon’s boatyard in Lymington. Harry still has to decide whether to leave the engine out of the boat, overhaul it, or replace it by a set of carbon rowing oars, just to save weight. We are hoping that by the end of March, WINSOME […]
Post by Joost Heikens | January 21, 2011 | Comments Off on WINSOME SEASON 2011 | Comments RSS