Bonkers - Day 1 Hieneken Regatta

Day 1 Hieneken Regatta

Bonkers

Donald Macdonald

Thu 29 Feb 2024 20:38

Getting out through the bridge with 100 boats ivery interesting in the morning. All queued up trying to hold position with gusting winds because of the rain until the bridge opens at 0830. Lots of people watching from the edges the spectacle. Also there were a couple of superyachts going out and they did back us up as they only just fit through the gap.
Racing was not good for us as had a few mishaps. Race 1 after gybing the spinnaker the pole dropped to deck level, then the wind shifted for the drop so was a beam reach. Only a little bit went in the sea. Race 2 used the furled assymetric and and did not infurl properly so had 2 directional fiurling. Took some time sorting and missed the gate as windward leeward courses today. Retired from that one. Race 3 good start for us and downwind assymetric worked a treat. A little bussy at the gate and we had to change which buoy went around as another boat on starboard. Did work in our favour as inside boat and 2 others outside. Next offwind leg furled assy played up again and lost a place.
Tomorrow in race around St Martin, 28 miles and windier than today.

Blog Entries

2024

Jun 2024

Wed 12 Jun 16:44
- Day 11 - Azores to UK
Tue 11 Jun 17:21
- Day 10 - Azores to UK
Mon 10 Jun 16:57
- Day 9 - Azores to UK
Sun 9 Jun 17:00
- Day 8 - Azores to UK
Sat 8 Jun 17:15
- Day 7 - Azores to UK
Fri 7 Jun 17:12
- Day 6 - Azores to UK
Thu 6 Jun 17:15
- Day 5 - Azores to UK
Wed 5 Jun 17:21
- Day 4 - Azores to UK
Tue 4 Jun 17:14
- Day 3 - Azores to UK
Mon 3 Jun 17:21
- Day 2 - Azores to UK
Sun 2 Jun 15:29
- San Miguel, Ponta Delgada to UK, Poole
Sat 1 Jun 10:11
- Day 4 - Ponta Delgada Marina - 24hr delay leaving

May 2024

Fri 31 May 15:10
- Day 3 - Ponta Delgada Marina
Thu 30 May 09:55
- Day 2 - Ponta Delgada
Tue 28 May 08:00
- Day 20 9cont'd) - Arrived Ponta Delgada
Mon 27 May 19:15
- Day 20 - Almost there
Sun 26 May 18:48
- Day 19 - Engine Off - Code 0 Up - Boarded by Portugese Marine Police
Sat 25 May 19:16
- Day 18 - Engine On
Fri 24 May 18:58
- Day 17 - Back to 8 knots or less wind
Thu 23 May 18:43
- Day 16 - Fast and Lumpy night
Wed 22 May 16:03
- PS. 666nm to go
- Day 15 - The wind is here
Tue 21 May 20:23
- Day 14 - In a lull not on any forecast
Mon 20 May 20:19
- Day 13 - Good 24 hours tracking towards destination
Sun 19 May 20:21
- Day 12 - Steady Progress - Which way?
Sat 18 May 20:24
- Day 11 - Code 0 Up
Fri 17 May 20:49
- Day 10 - Still slow
Thu 16 May 20:41
- Day 9 - Back to slow progress
Wed 15 May 21:03
- Day 8 - Going North
Tue 14 May 20:27
- PS. 1591nm to go
- Day 7 - Good 24 hour run
Mon 13 May 21:10
- Day 6 - Maintenance to do
Sun 12 May 17:35
- Day 5 - Code Zero Up
Sat 11 May 20:40
- Day 4 - still painfully slow and hot
Fri 10 May 20:30
- Day 3 - Wind gotten lighter
Thu 9 May 20:05
- Day 2 - Very Hot and Sweaty below
Wed 8 May 21:28
- Left Antigua for the Azores
Tue 7 May 19:55
- Jolly Harbour - Last Day in the Caribbean?
Mon 6 May 19:58
- Jolly Harbour
Sun 5 May 19:37
- Jolly Harbour
Sat 4 May 19:10
- Nelson's Dockyard - Packing to leave
- ASW - Day 5
Fri 3 May 01:36
- ASW - Day 4 Racing
Wed 1 May 22:18
- ASW - Lay Day
- ASW - Day 3

Apr 2024

Mon 29 Apr 22:11
- ASW - Day 2
Sun 28 Apr 20:36
- ASW Day !
Sat 27 Apr 20:32
- Almost Round Antigua Race
Fri 26 Apr 19:50
- Day 3 Nelson's Dockyard
Thu 25 Apr 18:11
- Nelson'sDockyard
Wed 24 Apr 19:10
- Nelson's Dockyard
Tue 23 Apr 21:34
- Day 3 Freemans Bay
Mon 22 Apr 21:10
- Day 2 Freeman Bay
Sun 21 Apr 17:47
- Antigua -Freemans Bay
Sat 20 Apr 19:51
- St Barts - Antigua - Unofficial Race
Fri 19 Apr 20:21
- Day 5 - St Barts - Gustavia
Thu 18 Apr 20:52
- Day 4 - St Barts - Gustavia
Wed 17 Apr 22:06
- Day 3 - St Barts - Gustavia
- Day 2 -St Barts - Gustavia
Mon 15 Apr 20:54
- Day 2 - St Barts - Gustavia
Sun 14 Apr 21:08
- Saint Barthelemy (St. Barts) - Gustavia anchorage
Sat 13 Apr 22:01
- Day 3 - Sint Maarten Again
Fri 12 Apr 20:28
- Day 2 - Sint Maarten Again
Thu 11 Apr 22:10
- Day ! - Sint Maarten Again
Wed 10 Apr 21:21
- Day 0 - Sint Maarten again
Tue 9 Apr 20:25
- Tortola to Sint Maarten
Mon 8 Apr 19:37
- Day 8 - Nanny Cay
Sun 7 Apr 21:21
- Day 7 - Nanny Cay - Day 3 Regatta
- Day 6 - Nanny Cay Marina - Day 2 Regatta
Fri 5 Apr 20:39
- Day 5 - Nanny Cay - BVI Regatta Day 1
Thu 4 Apr 18:42
- Day 4 - Nanny Cay - Rest Day
Wed 3 Apr 20:30
- Day 3 - Nanny Cay - Scrub Island Race
Tue 2 Apr 20:57
- Day 2 - Nanny Cay Marina - Round Tortola Race
Mon 1 Apr 20:46
- Day 1 - Nanny Cay Marina

Mar 2024

Sun 31 Mar 21:40
- Day 0 - Nanny Cay
- Nanny Cay - Day 0
Fri 29 Mar 20:27
- Day 2 - Gerner Bay, Litte Harbour
Thu 28 Mar 19:08
- Jost van Dyke, Little Harbour, Garner Bay
Wed 27 Mar 20:44
- British Virgin Islands - Tortola
Mon 25 Mar 18:22
- St Kitts & Nevis to BVI's Tortola
Fri 22 Mar 19:44
- Port Zante - St Kitts & Nevis
Thu 21 Mar 19:13
- Day 2 - Martinique to Nevis & St Kitts
Wed 20 Mar 19:54
- Martinique to St Kitts & Nevis
- Day 9 Marina du Marin
Sun 17 Mar 19:13
- Day 7 - Marina du Marin
Sat 16 Mar 16:57
- Day 6 - Marina du Marin
Thu 14 Mar 16:42
- Day 4 - Marina du Marin
Tue 12 Mar 20:46
- Day 2 - Marina du Marin
Mon 11 Mar 21:13
- Marigot Bay to Marina Du Marin, Martinique
Sun 10 Mar 20:04
- Marigot Bay
Fri 8 Mar 18:38
- Rodney Bay to Marigot Bay
Thu 7 Mar 13:34
- Arrival Rodney Bay Marina
Tue 5 Mar 21:33
- St Maarten to St Lucia - Day 2 - John goes for a swim
Mon 4 Mar 21:21
- St Maarten to St Lucia - Day 1
Sun 3 Mar 20:29
- Daiy 4 Heineken Regatta
Sat 2 Mar 21:41
- Day 3 Heineken Regatta
Fri 1 Mar 20:22
- Heineken Regatta Day 2 - RTI St Martin

Feb 2024

Thu 29 Feb 20:38
- Day 1 Hieneken Regatta
Tue 27 Feb 21:25
- Day 1 - Sint Maarten
Mon 26 Feb 22:00
- On the way to Sint Maarten
Sun 25 Feb 22:08
- Another Day Nelson's Harbour Post C600
Sat 24 Feb 20:44
- Nelson's Dockyard - Post Retirement C600
Wed 21 Feb 11:46
- Day 3 - C600 - Caught fishing net around keel
Tue 20 Feb 17:01
- C600 - Day 2
Sun 18 Feb 17:25
- Day 13 -Nelson's Dockyard
Sat 17 Feb 20:08
- Day 12 - Nelson's Dockyard
Thu 15 Feb 19:51
- Day 10 - Nelson's Dockyard
Wed 14 Feb 21:58
- Day 9 - Nelsons Dockyarrd
Tue 13 Feb 21:44
- Day 8 - Nelson's Dockyard
Mon 12 Feb 19:36
- Day 7 - Nelson's Dockyard
Sun 11 Feb 19:48
- Day 6 - Nelson's Dockyard
Sat 10 Feb 20:19
- Day 5 - Nelson's Dockyard
Fri 9 Feb 20:36
- Day 4 - Nelson's Dockyard
Thu 8 Feb 22:26
- Day 3 - Nelson's Dockyard
Wed 7 Feb 21:57
- Day 2 - Nelson's Dockyard
Tue 6 Feb 21:32
- Day 1 - Nelson's Dockyrd
Mon 5 Feb 18:32
- Day 22 - Arrival Antugua
Sun 4 Feb 19:24
- Day 21 - Oops engine stops
Sat 3 Feb 21:31
- PS Day 20 - Perisher Start
- Day 20 - Kept moving. Just!
Fri 2 Feb 20:24
- Day 19 - Frustration gets worse
Thu 1 Feb 20:05
- Day 18 - Night time shennanigans

Jan 2024

Wed 31 Jan 20:22
- Day 17 - Was good until an hour ago
Tue 30 Jan 19:24
- Day 16 - Still sunshine and wind
Mon 29 Jan 19:21
- Day 15 - Sunshine and Showers
Sun 28 Jan 19:17
- Day 14 - Frustrating Progress
Sat 27 Jan 17:46
- Day 13 - Rudder Stock Top Bearing fitting moving
Fri 26 Jan 19:32
- Day 12 - Early morning Sail
Thu 25 Jan 20:38
- Day 11 - Motoring Again
Wed 24 Jan 18:03
- Day 10 - Very Slow day
Tue 23 Jan 21:18
- Day 9 - Harold not seeing Rudder Feedback position
Mon 22 Jan 18:15
- Day 8 - Wind Moderated
Sun 21 Jan 19:04
- Fwd: Day 8 - Still Starboard Gybe
- Day 8 - Still Starboard Gybe
Sat 20 Jan 17:15
- Day 6 - Wind Starting to Veer
Fri 19 Jan 17:39
- Day 5 - Still Sailing
Thu 18 Jan 17:06
- Day 4 - Sailing at last
Wed 17 Jan 17:49
- Day 3 - Glassy Sea Everywhere
Tue 16 Jan 17:43
- Day 2 - Lots of motoring - Defects log growing
Mon 15 Jan 16:53
- Day 1 - Gran Canaria to Antigua (belatedly)

2023

Nov 2023

Wed 1 Nov 16:23

Oct 2023

Mon 30 Oct 18:14
- Day 9 - Not a good day
Sun 29 Oct 16:47
- Day 8 - Standard Sails Up
Fri 27 Oct 11:26
- DAY 7 - Going Nowhere all very down
- Day 6 - The sea stole more stuff
Sun 22 Oct 22:03
Sun 15 Oct 11:55
- Test of Blog from Emulator

Jun 2023

Thu 29 Jun 09:51
- AZAB Completed
Tue 27 Jun 15:41
- Day 8 - Nearly there
Mon 26 Jun 16:19
- Day 7 - A breakage today
Sun 25 Jun 16:28
- Day 6 - Hooray a little bit of Reaching
Sat 24 Jun 16:59
- Day 5 - A few hours reaching
Fri 23 Jun 16:41
- Day 4 - Downwind Rocking & Rolling
Thu 22 Jun 17:29
- Day 3 - Gybes, reefs
Wed 21 Jun 18:55
- Day 2 - Wet & Windy
Tue 20 Jun 21:36
- Day1 - Return leg Started
- AZAB Return Leg
Sun 11 Jun 15:05
- Arrived Ponta Delgado
Sat 10 Jun 16:35
- Day8 - Should be last one, on this leg at sea
Fri 9 Jun 17:34
- Day7 -Lots of sail trimming - No new breakages
Thu 8 Jun 18:23
- Day6 - Fast with big sea
Wed 7 Jun 17:33
- Day5 - Suspect losing ground
Tue 6 Jun 16:45
- Day4 - Good Sleeping - Good Progress
Mon 5 Jun 16:47
- Day3 - Very light and not enjoyable
Sun 4 Jun 16:59
- Day 2 - Downwind following seas
Sat 3 Jun 17:23
- AZAB started - B&G autopilot very drunk

May 2023

Tue 30 May 21:12
- Poole to Falmouth for AZAB start.
Sun 28 May 08:37
- Nearly time to leave Parkstone

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