Sailing Japan on Sunday 24th May 2009 saw me at Ashiya Yacht club. A friends had told me it was a pretty good place to take my six year old daughter to enjoy sailing. With fun in mind my daughter and I set off for the marina. All I can say is that my friend made a very large understatement. The Club is not a pretty good place, it is fantastic. If you want to lear to sail, rent … [Read more...]
Kobe Matsuri Yacht Race
May 17th will see the 28 running of the Kobe Matsuri yacht race. This yacht race is one part of the overall entertainment plan for this the 39th Kobe festival. I guess if we do the math we can see the yacht race joined the Festival some 11years after it began. Here in Japan we do love festivals and several have yacht races as a part of the festivities. Sailing in Japan or more … [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...]
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...]