Sailing Japan this week meant joining the WhiteSail fleet out of Kansai Yacht Club, Nishinomiya. The race started with a Skipper's meeting held inside the KYC clubhouse starting at 9:20 am and then it was out to the bay to do battle. The boats all moved up to the start line which was some 4 miles away from the berths at KYC, and prepared for a 11:00am start. Looking at the … [Read more...]
SeaTrek and the Meridian Cup
Sailing Japan can be just as fluky as anywhere else. We set off towards Tannowa aboard SeaTrek May 3rd 2009 and as soon as we got our past the marina it started to blow. We had a terrific run down to Tannowa either heading into a close haul or beam reaching. The Beam reach is one of my favourite angles of attack on the ID35 racing yacht as she handles very well with the wind … [Read more...]
Meridian Cup 2009
May 3rd and 4th should see some great yacht racing for those who love sailing in Japan with the 24th running of the Meridian Cup out of Tannowa yacht club. There are two days of racing Sunday 3rd of May and Monday 4th of may. On the 3rd we will see some of the best IRC boats our front of Tannowa yacht club racing for the IRC prize. They will take a 3 race day consisting of … [Read more...]
J24 Point Race KYC Sun. April 19th 2009
For my sailing in Japan today I was lucky enough to be invited to sail with "Black Pearl" and the rest of the J24 fleet out of Kansai Yacht Club , KYC. The weather was warm and the wind tricky all day which really added to the fun of the competition. I found that as we moved around the first 5 leg course that these races are pretty much a competition of minimizing errors. It … [Read more...]