Imagine us telling the spaniards that our three finalists are bugs baern steve lirakis and dumoulin- ages 77,62 and 63! You and bug baer had twice the ocean experience as anyone else. Also twice the average age of everyone! we went for the midrange 30-50. apparently you and I and Rich du Moulin and Rich Wilson are now the eminent greybeards of the club’s distance racers:
Month: November 2009
No Ocean for old men
Imagine us telling the spaniards that our three finalists are bugs baern steve lirakis and dumoulin- ages 77,62 and 63! You and bug baer had twice the ocean experience as anyone else. Also twice the average age of everyone! we went for the midrange 30-50. apparently you and I and Rich du Moulin and Rich Wilson are now the eminent greybeards of the club’s distance racers:
Carravaggio in Malta
Carravaggio fled to Malta in 1608. As everywhere he went, he left his mark. The collection of the Cathedral of St. John in Valletta of his paintings is one of the finest I have ever seen. In the last 25 years I have gone to every exhibit of Carravaggio I could; each with a tale of it’s own.
VIRGINIE HERIOT
burning chap six meter evening
Burning chap at Jesse Smith’s of “Totem” this evening. The weather cooperated nicely and many familiar faces were surrounding the bonfire hoping to cook marsh mellows on a stick.
trellis in Paris
more Carina memories, the big mouth frog.
In 1971, I was preparing “Carina” for another trans-atlantic crossing to Cowes for the Admiral’s Cup. “Carina” was again part of the 3 boat team representing the United States.
CARINA
This weekend at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club will be a reunion of as many “Carina” crew as can be rounded up to recount their memories of sailing on perhaps the most famous boat in ocean racing.
More Malta
MALTA and the middle sea race
How do I reduce the image of Malta into a few photographs? .