Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Texas City Dike Yacht Club (Fleet 8), Division 6 and the Texas Offshore Multi hull association are proud to present Wayward Winds 2005. This open class multihull regatta will take place at the Texas City Dike on September 24th & 25th 2005. For up to the minute...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Dan DeLave I wanted to talk about the weekends regatta but first I would like to point out that there seems to be an increasing understanding that since the yacht clubs are running more regattas these days for multihulls there are more yacht club members in our...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Eric and I spent the morning riding our bikes up State Street, the main drag here in Santa Barbara. It is a very trendy California type of street with a mix of clubs, restaurants, and shops that I can’t afford to shop in. Due to the fact that it is Easter Sunday...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
On Friday June 10th, the British youth team Simon Kearns and Ben Burns won the Texel Dutch Open 2005. Due to a collision before the second start, the Dutch title seemed to be gone, but the boys received redress (compensation in points for prejudice to sailors). The...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Well Damon, they predicted a blow today ant they got it. On the committee boat we were measuring gusts to 31 knots and average wind speed of 22! Wow – what an exciting day! If you came for racing this was your day, or maybe not… The signal boat with Eric...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
On Saturday June 11th 2005, Wouter Samama and Jeroen van Leeuwen (NED) broke all records during the 28th Zwitserleven Rounde Texel Race. They sailed their Tornado within 2 hours, 11 minutes and 11 seconds around the island. That was about 19 minutes faster than Van...