Winsome News
Cowes Week 2023 – Day 7, Friday 4th of August-2nd in class-4 IRC.
August 5, 2023
Today’s weather forecast was mixed conditions again, with a N-NW gradient wind of 10 knots and the possibility of a southwesterly sea breeze developing in the afternoon. As in all previous days, Boj presented us with a very clear weather briefing in the morning that proved to be spot on again. The Race Committee made […]
Post by Boj | August 5, 2023 | 4 Comments | Comments RSS
Cowes Week 2023 – Day 6, Tricky Thursday 3rd of August
August 3, 2023
The good news; the weather prediction was spot on. The bad news; the weather prediction was spot on. We started off the RYS line close to the shore, being excited to go racing again after a full layday on Wednesday. The main issue was the weather forecast. A NW gradient, with at some stage the […]
Post by Boj | August 3, 2023 | 3 Comments | Comments RSS
Cowes Week 2023 – Day 5, Windy Wednesday 2nd August
August 3, 2023
The weather forecast by Emma Hattersley (and sponsored by Sevenstar) was again spot on; indeed today was much too windy for sailing. So it became a lazy day for alternative activities. The day started relaxed for all with a late breakfast. Later, part of the crew went for a road trip to St. Catherine’s Point […]
Post by Boj | August 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Cowes Week 2023 – Day 5, Windy Wednesday 2nd August | Comments RSS
Cowes Week 2023 – Day 4, Tuesday 1st August
August 1, 2023
Today is Tuesday, August 1st: a new day, a new month so new chances of winning! And that especially on Ladies Day with Laura on the helm. The forecast was again quite windy; SW 17-25 knots with the tide against the wind during the whole race. Spirits were high and competitive onboard as the sun […]
Post by Boj | August 1, 2023 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS
Cowes Week 2023 – Day 3, Monday 31st July
July 31, 2023
Sunday the 30th of July 2023 the Winsome crew were all prepared to start racing. The (new) Cowes Week app is a great improvement in getting information across to all competitors. The White Group (smaller sailing boats) were abandoned from racing due to the forecasted wind. Unfortunately for the Black Group (larger sailing boats) the racing […]
Post by Boj | July 31, 2023 | Comments Off on Cowes Week 2023 – Day 3, Monday 31st July | Comments RSS
Cowes Week 2023 – Day 1, Saturday, 29th July 2023 and Day 2, Sunday, 30th July 2023
July 30, 2023
Cowes Week 2023 has started! Winsome and team had a very enjoyable first day of racing – we took line honours and got the gun across the finish line and finished 2nd on handicap, just behind Jeronimo (David and Libby Greenhalgh). This year we are again lucky to have a great crew onboard for Cowes Week […]
Post by Boj | July 30, 2023 | 2 Comments | Comments RSS
End of our Rolex Fastnet Race 2023.
July 27, 2023
Albert Thissen was so kind as to give us a lift in Sophie’s car to Winsome in marina Chantereyne/Cherbourg. We left at around 9am with 1.700 rpm on the engine which gave us a speed of 6 knots. It took us until 10pm to reach Cowes. We have had 8 hours sun and 5 hours […]
Post by Harry Heijst | July 27, 2023 | 2 Comments | Comments RSS
Saturday 22-25 July Winsome’s delivery to Cherbourg and our stay in Le Cotentin.
July 26, 2023
Our stay in Cherbourg did us very good. We stayed at Sophie’s farm in Morsalines which is at 30 minutes from Cherbourg. We started with a good sleep and we went back to Winsome to let everything dry. It was hard to decide what to do with food bought, based upon a calculation 8 (crew) […]
Post by Harry Heijst | July 26, 2023 | Comments Off on Saturday 22-25 July Winsome’s delivery to Cherbourg and our stay in Le Cotentin. | Comments RSS
Start and first day on the water
July 22, 2023
We continued to prepare the boat and ourselves for the race. In the meantime RORC announced that the race, scheduled for Saturday, would not be postponed irrespective of the wind predictions. We started at 13:30 UTC with 23 knots of wind after having hoisted G-4 with one reef in the main sail. We had to […]
Post by Harry Heijst | July 22, 2023 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS
Friday 21st July 2023
July 22, 2023
Another day of preparation. Richard arrived whilst Leen was still on his way. We tried to calibrate the compass, but in spite of 5 turns of 360 degrees on the Solent we did not succeed. We hoisted the main and the S1-L which was looking ok. That the Sevenstar logo was not in it, we […]
Post by Harry Heijst | July 22, 2023 | Comments Off on Friday 21st July 2023 | Comments RSS