Practice day at the International Masters Regatta at the San Diego Yacht Club. We are sailing J 105s wit crews of 5 people. So many old friends are here.
PRACTICE DAY
Category: sailing
THE “J” CLASS BIG AND HEAVY
The “J” class one of the last vestiges of an income tax free world. Majestic and beautiful. The AC 72 catamarans have changed forever how we see yachts and yacht racing.
SAILING WITH BLINDERS ON
This event is in court. The skipper of the yacht is contending that he was in the right.
SPEEDDREAM IN COWES
A 27 foot version of Vlad Murnikov’s dream sailed by Cam Lewis may be the best breakthrough in monohull design.
NINA LOST
Starling Burgess is perhaps my favorite yacht designer. Nina, one of my favorite boats. Winning the 1962 Bermuda race overall when the era of schooners was long past.
TWO TOURS DE FRANCE
SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE
Thanks once again to sailing anarchy for drawing attention to this video. I have long been a fan of the scow. I have sailed E scows and learned a great deal doing so. I have never sailed the monster A class.
BLOCK ISLAND RACE WEEK AND RULE 55
BLOCK ISLAND RACE WEEK 2013 starts this weekend. It is always a very pleasant event. Block Island is a quiet beautiful island, with the exception of the event tent, where one can go if they want to make noise.
I have added the interpretation of rule 55, I suspect this was an unintended consequence, but there it is.
CLASSIC YACHTING IMAGES
SHAPE OF SPEED
We forget quickly how our reference of the shape of speed under sail was shaped. Last night Rich Wilson (see yesterday’s post) referred to the fact that his boat was 30% slower than the boat that ultimately won the Vendee Globe Race.
“Shadow” was Nat Herreshoff’s first design, while he was still a student at MIT; I believe. She was unbeaten over a period of years.
“Mabel” reflects a period in time when racing catboats was at fever pitch.
“Shonia” belonged to Charlie Barr, she looks pretty racy.
“Shamrock” tha America’s Cup challenger in 1903, The crew lived aboard, she was the best guess at what would be fast enough to win the Cup.