Tag: Bermuda sailing
Sailing Leaders Struggle for Late Night Finish
[Written by Talbot Wilson] As predicted late Sunday, the ‘line honor’ leaders hit the wall Monday afternoon. According to the YellowBrick tracker they now seem to be sailing on the wind, on a long port tack to Bermuda. The ‘handicap’ leaders are the smaller boats that have kept the old, reaching breeze longer and made their time on the other... Read more of this article
Marion Bermuda Race: Leader Hits Happy Valley
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Little has changed in the race for line honors on the 2nd full day of racing in the 2013 Marion Bermuda Race. It is just wait and see… and enjoy the pink beaches and the bright Bermuda sunshine or a round of golf while you’re at it. Today, the Bermuda fitted dinghies are match racing in Mangrove Bay. Monday is a Bermuda... Read more of this article
Shindig Has Fast Start In Marion Bermuda Race
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Shindig had a fast start from Marion and carried a record pace for the first 24 hours of the 2013 Marion Bermuda Race. At 68 feet, Shindig was turning the 15-20 knot winds into a 12-knot pace. She was about 400 nautical miles out and just West of the 164º rhumb line blasting on a broad reach toward the finish at St David’s... Read more of this article
Marion To Bermuda Sailing, The Race Is On
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The 19th Marion Bermuda Race is underway with a fast start. Of the thirty-five boats that had finally registered, thirty-four made it to the line. Warm Rain, a 32-foot Pacific Seacraft that was the smallest boat in the fleet, scratched yesterday. Sprit of Bermuda, the sole Classic Division entry crossed the line alone thus... Read more of this article
Notice To Mariners For Comet Sailboat Race
The Department of Marine and Ports said the West End Sailboat Club will host their annual long distance Comet sailboat race between Somerset and St. George’s on Monday [June 17]. The race will start at 11:00 a.m. near the West End Sailboat Club in the Great Sound with sailing dinghies transiting the waters of the north shore to the finish line in... Read more of this article
Marion Bermuda: How Long Will The Wind Last?
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The big question on the eve of the 19th Marion Bermuda Race is how long will the wind last as the boats head down the 645-mile course to Bermuda. Larry Rosenfeld, navigator on Spirit of Bermuda, is hesitant to give an ETA for the big blue Bermuda Sloop. Spirit starts first at 12:10PM in Marion.“If we make really good time... Read more of this article
Marion Bermuda Race Departure Preparations
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Sailors at the Beverly Yacht Club in Marion were busy on Wednesday [June 12] completing their final registration process, getting their Yellow Brick trackers and setting computers up to download the latest weather files from the National Weather Service and other public web sites. The start was just 2 days away. Elusive is... Read more of this article
Marion Bermuda Race Tracking Goes Online
[Written By Talbot Wilson] The 645 mile, open-ocean Marion Bermuda Race starts off Marion, MA this Friday [June 14]. Whether you have a boat or not, you can literally “watch” all the boats participating in the race through a satellite tracking system by Yellowbrick, a world leader in GPS satellite tracking. Kingman Yacht Center in Cataumet, Massachusetts... Read more of this article
Celestial Entry Hotspur II Looks For Clear Sky
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Ron Wisner is looking for sunny days and starlit nights for this year’s Marion Bermuda Race. He and his crew aboard Hotspur II, his 1968 Columbia 50, will be entered in the Founders Division using only celestial navigation. With Ron electing to celestially navigate, Hotspur II will receive a 2% favorable adjustment to her... Read more of this article
Sailing: Dickinson & Young Win Brothers Bowl
Bermuda Comet Racing moved to the West End Sailboat Club this past weekend for the Burchall Brothers Bowl that saw the sailors and their crew race from the West End Sailboat Club to Five Star Island and back. Stephen Dickinson and his crew Pat Young once again sailed to victory covering the course in a time of 2:26:05, finishing in second place was... Read more of this article
