{"id":1714,"date":"2011-06-18T22:45:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T03:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2011-06-19T21:01:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T02:01:42","slug":"fathers-day-j-class-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=1714","title":{"rendered":"FATHER&#8217;S DAY AND MORE &#8220;J&#8221; CLASS RACING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is father&#8217;s day. It is the first father&#8217;s day I have been at home in perhaps 30 years. Now that my children are grown and have children of their own. I have told my wife that we can do whatever she wishes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DOKuSQIJlog\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I spent today watching the &#8220;J&#8221; class racing. Ranger has won every start and her tacks and jibes are a little better. The amounts to Ranger having won every race so far.I find it hard to take my eyes off these magnificent boats.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1714 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-52881.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-52881-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1724\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-52881-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-52881-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1724'>\n\t\t\t\tvelsheda sailing to windward\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-52957.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-52957-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1726\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-52957-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-52957-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1726'>\n\t\t\t\tvelsheda through the spray\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-53010.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-53010-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1727\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-53010-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-53010-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1727'>\n\t\t\t\tvelsheda catching a wave\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-52921.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-52921-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1728\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-52921-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-52921-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1728'>\n\t\t\t\tranger reaching\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-53030.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-53030-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1729\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-53030-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-class-regatta-6-18-11-53030-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1729'>\n\t\t\t\tpower reaching\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is father&#8217;s day. It is the first father&#8217;s day I have been at home in perhaps 30 years. Now that my children are grown and have children of their own. I have told my wife that we can do whatever she wishes. I spent today watching the &#8220;J&#8221; class racing. Ranger has won every &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=1714\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FATHER&#8217;S DAY AND MORE &#8220;J&#8221; CLASS RACING<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[605],"tags":[750,732,748,749],"class_list":["post-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-j-class","tag-fathers-day","tag-j-class-3","tag-ranger","tag-velsheda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1725,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions\/1725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}