去る6月28日の日曜日は少し暑過ぎたものの、素晴らしいレース日和でした。 この日、IRCレース出艇予定の船舶が新西宮ヨットハーバーの関西ヨットクラブ（KYC）に集結しました。 この日私が参加した日本でのセーリングは、“IRCで1日3レース”という 非常にタフなレースとして知られています。 レースは終日行われるため、午前9：20にはスキッパー（船長）ミーティングが 始まり、その後我々は各自の船に戻りレース開始となりました。 レースは過酷で一寸を争う激しい競争となりました。 私はこの日、VITE 31 … [Read more...]
Kansai Yacht Club White Sail August Point Race.
Just a brief note to let folk know that Kansai Yacht Club or KYC as she is affectionately known around these waters will be holding a Whitesail club point yacht race August 1st, 2009. Late entries are being accepted so if you want to join in the race give Kansai Yacht Club a call. The notice of race entries I received this morning showed some pretty stiff competition and as … [Read more...]
IRC Racing Japan. KYC June 28th ’09
June 28th was a fantastic if not a little too hot Sunday. The IRC fleet gathered at Shin Nishinomiya's Kansai Yacht Club or KYC as it's known and sailing Japan meant joining this hot competition for 3 races. We started with the skippers meeting at 9:20 am as sailed all day. Then we hit our boats. The competition was stiff and the sailing very competitive. I was lucky … [Read more...]
Sailing Japan J24 race
Sailing Japan in a J24 with 7 other boats is possibly one of the best days you can have on the water whilst yacht racing. There is no doubt that the J24 is a well thought of yacht with more than 5,000 of these wonderful 24 footers built world wide. With 8 J24 yachts all heading to round the Windward mark at the same time it made for some very exciting moments. Here is a … [Read more...]