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
Amongst several upgrades 2021, Veloce received a brand new Pelagic autopilot to try out. Having received many questions from readers and followers, I tried to recap the rationale behind the choice and our experience so far. Why a new autopilot? Our previous autopilot, a Raymarine ST4000+ had over a decadeContinue Reading
Now 3D printing is no an accessible technology. With loads of applications and 3D printing boat parts is emerging as a trend. No surprise at all, in fact. It is easy, cheap, repeatable and very accurate. Do you need a low-cost, easy to make prototype for a new solution onContinue Reading
Year 2020 has been a different one. Usual problems called for unusual solution, RaceQs being one of them. Being able to neither arrange races, nor meet before and after sail, nor have a rib on the water, we managed club races on our own. Communication happened through Facebook while ratingContinue Reading
A few weeks ago, while planning our attendance to Vegvisir Race in Denmark, I realized that a total of 7 days offshore in heavily trafficked waters, neither seeing nor being seen, was nuts. Since I was planning to set up the boat for races complying with Offshore Special Regulation CategoryContinue Reading