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Cowes Week Day 3; Angry Pirate… and Postponement…
August 2, 2010
Yesterday WINSOME’s engine was successfully repaired. Andy is not sailing today as he is still recovering from a fall on his ribs. After picking up Geoff at the Hamble, Floris had an early morning swim to check the prop. The elastics already came of by themselves. Now at 10:45 BST, AP over AP is flying. We […]
Post by Boj | August 2, 2010 | Comments Off on Cowes Week Day 3; Angry Pirate… and Postponement… | Comments RSS
Cowes week day 4: A day to forget….
August 15, 2012
On the fourth day of Cowes week we had a Committee Boat start. We made our way over to the start line still digesting the excellent BBQ we were invited for last night at Adam Gosling and his Yes! crew, our respected opponent in IRC Class 5. Yes! shared with us their great tradition of […]
Post by Harry Heijst | August 15, 2012 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS
Cowes Week Day 5; WINSOME D-Day
August 4, 2010
Before we started everything looked fine. A nice 20 – 25 kt Westerly was blowing. The start was towards the West. “YES” and “FEVER” started at the committee boat end. We made a port approach. Although we would have loved to sail slightly more towards the Committee boat, the field on starboard forced us on […]
Post by Boj | August 4, 2010 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS