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...]