Pantaenius Bohusracet 2020 - Shorthanded

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Pantaenius Bohusracet 2020 thema was light or no wind at all. We know we are underpowered upwind without the overlapping genoa for which the boat is designed, but we counted on broad reach and downwind to exploit the new light spi, which, after our Offshore training has proven itself. WeContinue Reading

Night sailing in Scandinavian summer

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Mid-May wonderfully sunny days. Lady Godiva Sail Racing Team skippered by Anders Dahlsjö suggested a shorthanded offshore training with a pretty intense course around Kattegatt and stretching over 3 days and 3 nights. As we are planning to participate at the Vegvisir Race in late summer running the 2Star courseContinue Reading

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Last week Veloce has participated Midsummer Solo Challenge 2020 along the Swedish West Coast, with start on the North side of Marstrand Island and arrival at the harbor of the same Island. The race, which in fact is not a race, but a challenge, has 5 classes and Veloce fitsContinue Reading

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I was supposed to write this earlier on this spring, however, it did not happen and now a long time due, let us view at one of the performance optimization carried on during the past winter: sharpening the trailing edges of underwater foils. The keel trailing edge comes from theContinue Reading

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After underwater race finish (part 1 part 2 and part 3) in 2019, the one priority in 2020 is to try out a new and complete shorthand sail inventory. It consists of mainsail, medium jib, heavy jib, light, all-purpose and heavy spinnakers. As main and medium/heavy jib gave up on the lastContinue Reading

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Looking back at 2019, we have done great progress in preparing the boat for shorthanded sailing, in spite of a reduced sail kit (main, medium jib, spinnaker AP). Stripping loads of “un-needed” clutter paid dividends in simplicity, ease of handling and weight. Race finish bottom had a terrific impact onContinue Reading

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1. Sailed not aggressively enough for lack of confidence. In all of the 3 of the 4 major races we have not sailed at full potential, reducing sail to avoid messing up the taking a reef when it would get airy, or not deploying appropriate downwind sail area to avoidContinue Reading

Spinlock clutches loads

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During the previous seasons we have struggled with the main halyard. As soon as we turned upwind or the wind freshened up, the halyard would glide about 4cm through the clutch on the coachroof. The Sun Fast comes from the factory mounting Spinlock XAS clutches with cams for ropes betweenContinue Reading

SXK 24timmar autumn 2019 with crew

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The sailing club SXK organizes regularly distance races in Sweden, usually one in spring, one in autumn and a final one in winter for the brave ones. These regattas are called 24-timmars although they can be 12, 24, 48, 72, 96 or 120 hours sailing, however 24 hours is oneContinue Reading

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Spinnaker sailing can be exhilarating and for many, a reason to sail altogether! I am not among those, but I do love spinnaker sailing and mine goes up anytime it is possible – sometimes even when it is not, but that’s another story. Because the forces are so great, theContinue Reading