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Videos from Day Eight (And Probably the Last Post Since it’s Over) I wasn’t able to get all the videos into the last post on time (if you didn’t see it go back and read it, there’s some good stuff there), here’s a few more shots detailing the starts and the races from our significantly better last day. In order, they go: 1.) First Start 2.) Second [...]
Day Eight: Out With A Bang Yesterday was the last day of j/24 champs, and we completed 3 races out of the 7 total, so it was busy. The Chesapeake was glassy for about 45 minutes when we got out there, but the PRO took us to another spot with more wind. She was determined to get a start off so she [...]
Day Seven: Annapolis: Where the Wind Goes to Die There is a rumor going around that this is the worst J/24 World Championship ever, in the history of the event. Well today started out pretty well, with some decent breeze. Eventually we got a start off after 2 postponements due to shifts right before the start, and we won the middle boat end. We [...]
Day Six: No Wind But Still Racing? Today was basically the same conditions as the day before. It was absolutely dead as far as wind is concerned when we were heading out, and I wore a rashguard and boardshorts for the majority of the time. However, one difference between today and yesterday is that the P.R.O (Principle Race Officer) was determined to [...]
Day Five: Drifter We didn’t sail today. The wind was too light. We came prepared but the race commitee, after waiting until 2:45 (the races were supposed to start at 11) finally called the day off. Needless to say, we had some free time during that time, and we all caught naps and ate all our lunch. Here [...]
Day Four: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Radio! Well, today was the official start to the J/24 World Championship 2009. We got up early (6:30), had some delicious egg mcMuffins (homemade) complements of Ryan. We dropped Ricky off at APS to pick up a halyard stopper ball to stop the spinnaker halyard splice from jamming in the sheave, but they didn’t have any [...]
Day Three: Practice Race Today we woke up fairly early to get to APS early. Ryan was tired from a late night ‘meeting’. We got our gear together and piled into the car to get to APS. 30 feet down the street from APS, Ryan doesn’t feel so good again. We go into APS (sans Ryan) and pick up [...]
Day Two: More Preparation (and still no sailing) Today we did more of the same. We worked on getting the boat ready some more for the majority of the day. We woke up fairly early to get to the boat. We have a new tweaker setup in which I can pre feed the spinnaker from the rail. Very sketchy, but it works. We [...]
Day One: Measuring Well, after 11 hours of fun air time, we arrived in Baltimore safe and sound. Fuzz picked us up and we went straight to the Yacht Club, spending the rest of the day there until it got dark. (we arrived in baltimore around 9:30 local time) We met up with the guy who we are [...]
News update from Rick Osborne Aloha All, Well here is an Update Team Hawaii is currently on it way to Annapolis for the J24 World Championships. First crew member there is Fuzz Foster of North Sails Hawaii. We have been assigned bow number 25, and we are 34th in line for measurement. Supposedly there have already been some sails rejected because the sail makers [...]
The J/24 Worlds, hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club, are coming to Annapolis, April 30 - May 8, 2009. Over 70 boats are expected to come to The Chesapeake Bay.
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