Photo: Vixen leading the fleet off the start on a Wednesday night race in 2017. (Kevin McDonald)
3 Nov 2018 - 505 flying along on a reach.
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Some random photos of boats.
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Working on a Tall Ship - article about a friend's sister! 12 Sept 2018
Below is essentially a random collection of stuff....
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Wednesday 20th June 2018 - had a good first start, then something caused a general recall. Second start not so good.... blew out kite on the reach back to the finish - ouch. Big collision at 0:45 between Crossfire (port tack) and Vrengen (stbd tack).
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Sunday 17th June 2018 - Fitted Dinghies in Mangrove Bay. NE 15kts brought choppy waters and a sink in race 2. We won race 3!
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Wednesday 6th June 2018 - another good start by Vixen (BER 59)
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Bad gybe in the Southern Ocean, just north of the iceberg line. Bermudian Emily Nagel is part of the crew. The forces involved in these wind conditions are enormous. 15 Dec 2017
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Hurricane Irma
Sailing Scuttlebutt - Irma strikes Tortola. Thinking about this as I used to work in Tortola for the Moorings. My last catamaran was sunk when we were hiding from Ivan in Grenada (2004).
Bermuda is the host nation of the 2017 America's Cup!
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Victory submarining - Sept 2017.
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Technical Videos
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Tall Ships
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Europa sailing into Hamilton Harbour Friday 2 June 2017. Lots of physics on this ship too!
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Picton Castle approaching Two Rock Passage. Photo: Kevin Macdonald. Perfect wind for a square rigger to enter the harbour.
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Round the Island Race 2009
Brilliant race, I was navigator aboard Marta. This is the yacht near the centre with an angel on her spinnaker. This was an exciting gybing battle to stay in the shallow water as we were all bucking the tide. Note the anchored car ships ahead. This was due to the banking crisis of 2008 and Southampton's berths were all full of ships rafted up, so others spent months lying idle at anchor. Photo: Thierry Martinez.