GOthenburg Lighthouses Solo Race 2024

The registration for Gothenburg Lighthouses Solo Race is now open. At its 5th edition, the race brings together like minded singlehandlers, both veterans and first-timers, around some of Gothenburg iconic lighthouses. For those who sleep over at Björkö on the previous day, it has become tradition to get together forContinue Reading

I made no secret that Pater Noster Race has been the most fun race last year, in spite of not being double-handed. Pater Noster Race 2024 just confirmed it. (Last year report here) Fair weather and t-shirt sailing with plenty of downwind clearly help. We set off on Friday eveningContinue Reading

Solo-Tune-Up-Race Marstrand

An opportunity to warm up and tune-up solo! Anders Bergvall organizes a 25NM solo race just outside Marstrand, including after sail dinner. Event details on Facebook here If you are addicted to solo sailing or want to try it out on the Swedish West Coast, you don’t want to missContinue Reading

Lerkil Archipelago Shorthanded Race

Finally all stars align and we will for the first time participate to Lerkil Archipelago Shorthanded Race. Open to both double and single handed crews it is one of the few (perhaps only) shorthanded race during spring. The race starts and ends at Lerkil and takes place in coastal watersContinue Reading

Time to upgrade and expand our electronics on board. Yes, races can be won with basic instruments. And my philosophy is often “less is more”. Yet, measuring improvements over time, assessing performance and taking decisions onboard with aid of accurate data, do accelerate the learning curve tremendously. The keywords beingContinue Reading

Yesterday, Raymarine released version 4.6 of its software Lighthouse. Once again packing up plenty of features specifically for sailors. The company introduced a bunch of high-end technologies to the sailing masses back in the days. To name a few: portable autopilot (some still functioning); Seatalk1 bus, opening the way forContinue Reading

Spinlock Lifejacket Deckvest Lite Plus

We have been wearing the same inflatable lifejackets for about 7 years. And as every winter, I serviced and tested it. The key word being TESTED. Everything looked fine, but once immersed in the bathtub and inflated, it would retain its gas for about 15 minutes before deflating. Wear orContinue Reading

Sailing the Jeanneau Multiplast 30 OD, Ludovic FRUCHAUD IMACIS Copyright 2023

Cool to see the Doublehanded Offshore One design class coming to realisation. As a previous Jeanneau Sun Fast skipper, I am also very happy to see the all new Jeanneau Sun Fast 30OD becoming the chosen one design yacht. A little disappointed, but not surprised to see the price tagContinue Reading