For those sailing in Japan and wanting to participate in a fun yacht race I am happy to inform of this September's Kansai Yacht Club Cruising Race. The race will be held over 2 days 5th and 6th of September 2009 with a sleep over on Awajishima (Awaji Island) along the way. IRC, ORC and WhiteSail (local club PHF) will all be represented and scored. Hope to see you at the start … [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...]
White Sail KYC Race Sunday 10th May 2009
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...]