{"id":1562,"date":"2011-05-10T07:05:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T12:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2011-05-10T07:05:51","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T12:05:51","slug":"record-belle-isle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=1562","title":{"rendered":"NEW RECORD AROUND BELLE ISLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend Gitana set a new record(2 hrs 42 min over a 41 mile course) around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tourdebelleile.com\/index.html\">Belle Isle<\/a>. \u00a0500 boats on the starting line at once. \u00a0On the site for the race it says the the purpose is: conviviality, simplicity, and pleasure of the sea. When was the last time anyone heard these words in the context of a race? \u00a0Belle Isle offers strong tides and often wind.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1562 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='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/belle-isle443.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/belle-isle443-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1563\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1563'>\n\t\t\t\tbelle isle\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/belle-iisle-31476.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/belle-iisle-31476-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1564\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1564'>\n\t\t\t\tbelle isle coast\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I have experienced a start like this and as one might imagine it is a bit chaotic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend Gitana set a new record(2 hrs 42 min over a 41 mile course) around Belle Isle. \u00a0500 boats on the starting line at once. \u00a0On the site for the race it says the the purpose is: conviviality, simplicity, and pleasure of the sea. When was the last time anyone heard these words &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=1562\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NEW RECORD AROUND BELLE ISLE<\/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":[491],"tags":[696,2486],"class_list":["post-1562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sailing","tag-belle-isle","tag-gitana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1566,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions\/1566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}