{"id":8418,"date":"2014-06-20T09:03:33","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T14:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=8418"},"modified":"2014-06-20T09:03:33","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T14:03:33","slug":"2014-bermuda-race-starts-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=8418","title":{"rendered":"THE 2014 BERMUDA RACE STARTS TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLICK : <a href=\"http:\/\/pantaenius.us\/en\/american-yacht-insurance\/newport-bermuda-race\/live-race-tracking.html\">HERE<\/a> to track the boats in the race.<\/p>\n<p>I have not written about sailing much recently. That does not mean I have not been watching. The Bermuda Race starts today from Castle Hill Light in Newport RI.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the presentation for skippers, the rhumb line is the course to sail. I am certain there will be some who will search for the favorable eddy; it is a free ride after all.<\/p>\n<p>Snow Lion is chartered to the Hubbards, they won the race a few years ago in their own boat. I had the pleasure of racing across the atlantic in 2005 on the same watch with them.( we won that as well)<\/p>\n<p>This is a navigator&#8217;s race and the Gulf Stream is an obvious obstacle; however it must be considered in conjunction with the weather.<\/p>\n<p>Safe sailing to everyone<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8419\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-20-at-6.53.15-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8419\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-20-at-6.53.15-AM-1024x887.png\" alt=\"GULF STREAM\" width=\"558\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-20-at-6.53.15-AM-1024x887.png 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-20-at-6.53.15-AM-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-20-at-6.53.15-AM.png 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GULF STREAM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLICK : HERE to track the boats in the race. I have not written about sailing much recently. That does not mean I have not been watching. The Bermuda Race starts today from Castle Hill Light in Newport RI. Based on the presentation for skippers, the rhumb line is the course to sail. I am &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=8418\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">THE 2014 BERMUDA RACE STARTS TODAY<\/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":[364,2035,341,308,10],"tags":[2666],"class_list":["post-8418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bermuda","category-bermuda-race-2014","category-frank-bohlen","category-gulf-stream","category-royal-bermuda-yacht-club","tag-bermuda-race-2014"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8418","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=8418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8420,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8418\/revisions\/8420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}