This photo has nothing at all to do with sailing in Japan. Of course we do have our fair share of rocks and yacht racing mishaps however I have never seen a Yacht actually parked on the rocks here in Japan. Well, not yet anyway. When it comes to weird stuff this photo is a classic. If it were me who put my boat up there I would curse the modern information age. Still the … [Read more...]
Sailing Japan with Kansai Yacht Club Sept. 2009 Cruising Yacht Race.
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...]
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...]