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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
Cowes-Deauville Race 1st of June 2012
June 7, 2012
On board Leen, Floris, Joost, Jasper, Renze Runia, Jan de Vries and myself. Two sailsmakers on board gave good hope for a good score. It turned our differently. With Jan on the helm we made a good start under spinaker and we followed a track just north of the Ryde Middle Bank, with several gybes […]
Post by Harry Heijst | June 7, 2012 | Comments Off on Cowes-Deauville Race 1st of June 2012 | Comments RSS
Cowes-Dinard (St Malo) 2010
July 9, 2010
This race was meant to be our initial preparation for the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race. The entire crew i.e. Richard, Reima, Frank, Leen, Floris, Joost Nijhoff and myself, plus reserve Wout were on board. The Race started quite well to the West and we were in a very good position until the Needles. […]
Post by Harry Heijst | July 9, 2010 | Comments Off on Cowes-Dinard (St Malo) 2010 | Comments RSS