The BMW General Manager of Portugal awards Dmitry, Andrey and Aleksey their “special prize” after the Mayor of Cascais presented the wonderful Juan Carlos Trophy to the winning RUS 76 team. Dmitry helming his “Strange Little Girl” recorded an 8th place in the final race yesterday, to finish 5pts clear of the fleet after 8 boats, […]
Markus Wieser, Sergey Pugachev and Georgi Leonchuk won both races yesterday on the third day of the Grade 1 Juan Carlos Trophy in Cascais. It was a day of light breezes from the East, with small oscillations and loads of tide.. In fact most of the locals are completely confused as the current or tide […]
Good Morning Campers on another sunny day in Cascais… Yesterday we had two more races of the Juan Carlos Trophy in much lighter winds. The first start at 11.00am had to be abandoned at the top mark after a substantial wind-shift came in from the left. Pity as this time we (GBR 767) were in a […]
Lawrie Smith helming “Alfie” GBR 763 heads the leader board here in Cascais after two races were sailed yesterday in a mixture of wind strength and directions….There was however, quite a lot of unhappy sailors moaning about race one. Now you all know that I only do this Blog for fun, I’m not here to judge or […]
Although this was a warm up regatta to the main event (Juan Carlos) that starts today, this 1st Spring Cup was a very good event run in strong winds. 21 boats made it to the start line yesterday on course “B” which is situated off Estoril. With the wind predominately from the North, gusting 25kts at […]
After a short delay the 20 boat fleet were sent out to the “A” course, which is basically three miles west of Cascais and takes the sailors out to one of the most fantastic race tracks in Europe. The old “Fisherman’s Tale” of go Right in Cascais no longer runs true… as sometimes left gives you more […]
It was a rough afternoon off the shores of Estoril which saw the start of the 1st Spring Cup Series, which precedes the prestigious and Grade 1 Juan Carlos Trophy. The PRO chose to start the 20 boat fleet on the “B” course which is slightly more protected than the “A” course, which probably would […]
As I stroll around the boat-park here in the Club Naval de Cascais, more and more Dragons arrive to take up the challenge of racing in the raw and powerful waves of the Atlantic Ocean. With the European Championships just a few weeks away, the first Spring Cup, followed by the Grade 1 Juan Carlos Trophy, […]