My buddy Matt reminded me good sailing should be fast, fun, and pushing the limits of dangerous. 18-foot skiffs demonstrate all 3 of these principles. Take a look-see.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Oldie But A Goodie
Whilst attempting to organize my computer, I came across this photo thats been hanging out in My Pictures folder for some time now. I took this nice snapshot of Jurakan crashing into Rushin' Rowlette just after the start of the second race of the Halyard Challenge back in December. Jurakan was called over the line early and there was some confusion about whether the tactician said "tack" or "go back". Well the driver tacked and some rails were rubbed, some pulpits and stanchions bent, but thankfully no body was hurt. Glad I wasn't on the boat for that... On second thought, I wish I was instead of running the race committee boat! At least I got a sweet photo.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Big Boats of Spring Regatta
Found a few snapshots that came from the mark boat I was running during BVI Spring Regatta. Just some nice shots of the big boat and spinnaker racing fleets.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Farewell Chris Watters!
My buddy Chris Watters, the sole reason I am living this life right now, has left island and is currently back in his hometown of Halifax. The boat has become awfully quiet, but much tidier!!! Despite his messy ways, I do miss hanging out with 'Mudd' and he is definitely missed, not just upon the boat Agwe, but all over the BVI. Hopefully we may cross paths this June at OPTINAM, and there will definitely be a reunion come July when he returns for a short on-island stay before he leaves for the Central American and Caribbean Games with BVI top sailor Alec Anderson. With the partner in crime gone, I'll be rolling solo for a bit...
But not that long, as Miss Mallory will be gracing the islands with her wonderful presence in just a matter of days. Come April 29th she'll be touching down in St. Thomas, where I will be meeting her at the airport and taking her back to Tortola. I'm very stoked to have her down here over my birthday, and it has been way too long since she was here last. I have lots of activities for us planned, and there will definitely be a ton of new photos. This time when she's here, the yacht club RIB will not be in the hands of thieves and we will have it to hop around from island to island. I know she's as excited as I am!
BVI Spring Regatta
I've been trying to get this post up for the past couple weeks but keep putting it off and putting it off. Anyway, here it is, basically recapping BVI Spring Regatta, and anything else major that has happened since then.
The past couple weeks have been insanely busy for me as BVI Spring Regatta just finished up, and following right after that was Easter Sailing Camps. Spring Regatta was pretty hectic, yet a lot of fun. There was a ton of great parties at the regatta village over the weekend, and the food there was awesome. Unfortunately, I did not get to sail. About a month prior to Spring Regatta I had the option of either running a mark boat, or driving an IC24 with 'sailing press' on it. Clearly I chose the option to sail, but then after Rolex Regatta, I had the offer to sail on the Melges 32, Jurakan, with a professional coach/sailor on board. The owner of the boat called my bosses to present them with this opportunity he had for me, which at the time one of them was very keen on having me sail, the other being rather hesitant.
The day before spring regatta I was put on a boat to take these "sailing press" out training and realized I had a bunch of complete non-sailors, with the exception of the German man who could windsurf. Needless to say, I wasn't about to teach a learn-to-sail lesson on a one design race course and quite stubbornly refused to drive the boat as I felt it was an unsafe environment to be teaching sailing, nor did I want to be taking up the rear at the back of the fleet. So, to show that I wasn't trying to be a pain-in-the-ass, and that I was a team player, I put my own personal sailing interests aside, and ran a mark boat instead of sailing with the Jurakan crew.
Running the mark boat was not that bad of a job, and we got to see some very impressive starts with some incredible boats. I'll try to find some pics to throw up here as I was too hungover most mornings to remember my camera. Oops.
The past couple weeks have been insanely busy for me as BVI Spring Regatta just finished up, and following right after that was Easter Sailing Camps. Spring Regatta was pretty hectic, yet a lot of fun. There was a ton of great parties at the regatta village over the weekend, and the food there was awesome. Unfortunately, I did not get to sail. About a month prior to Spring Regatta I had the option of either running a mark boat, or driving an IC24 with 'sailing press' on it. Clearly I chose the option to sail, but then after Rolex Regatta, I had the offer to sail on the Melges 32, Jurakan, with a professional coach/sailor on board. The owner of the boat called my bosses to present them with this opportunity he had for me, which at the time one of them was very keen on having me sail, the other being rather hesitant.
The day before spring regatta I was put on a boat to take these "sailing press" out training and realized I had a bunch of complete non-sailors, with the exception of the German man who could windsurf. Needless to say, I wasn't about to teach a learn-to-sail lesson on a one design race course and quite stubbornly refused to drive the boat as I felt it was an unsafe environment to be teaching sailing, nor did I want to be taking up the rear at the back of the fleet. So, to show that I wasn't trying to be a pain-in-the-ass, and that I was a team player, I put my own personal sailing interests aside, and ran a mark boat instead of sailing with the Jurakan crew.
Running the mark boat was not that bad of a job, and we got to see some very impressive starts with some incredible boats. I'll try to find some pics to throw up here as I was too hungover most mornings to remember my camera. Oops.
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