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...]
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...]