2018 Rolex Swan Cup (Sardinia)

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“Among the Swan Classics by Frers, a category which sees seven yacht racing across the Maxi and Grand Prix classes, the Swan 44 MKII Triple Lindy, owned by Joseph Mele, sits in the top spot followed by the 651 Lunz am Meer.”

Another day, another calm morning. Bacon and eggs and truly wonderful Italian coffee got the day rolling along. After a few hours on the water waiting for the breeze to kick in, and after a pleasant swim, we were back in a start sequence for a coastal race. Good start mid line, and a discussion of rules with a British boat who got a fully Johnny Mac explanation of some of the finer points, and we were off upwind. Despite…

After 2 days of getting the old girl ready for racing following her refit, and the crew after their recent racing on the larger and faster Cookson 50, we hit the start line only to be delayed for a while as the wind built from nothing to a little. A tight start with too many boats trying to occupy the same place, and we got moving up the first beat and worked ahead of the majority of out fleet. A…

Porto Cervo here we come. https://www.yccs.it/en/regate-2018/info/rolex_swan_cup-256.html  

What a race! We seem to hanging well with our fleet, some of our new sail inventory has been helping us just put the miles on in light air, absolutely fun to sail 9 knots of boat speed in 6 of wind! We are currently all in the grove, shedding layers as its always impressive how fast things get hot once you hit the gulf stream. Water temp currently 79F (hot hot hot) which makes down bellow a bit of…