Ida Lewis Distance Race
The Ida Lewis Distance Race was PLEIAD RACING’s first outing after the Atlantic Cup. This is a popular local event in Newport that occasionally attracts the big race boats. The race format has been...
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PleiadRacing , a professional short-handed sailboat race team, is competing in it’s second Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing. Between us my co-skipper Chad Corning and I have competed in...
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Transatlantic Race 2015 – Weather Preview
Pleiad Racing was to have taken part in this week’s Transatlantic Race 2015. Sponsorship commitments will unfortunately keep us here in the States but we’ll follow our Class40 mates across! The second...
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Transatlantic Race – Commentary #2 – July 3
1400 EDT Friday July 3, 2015 Today’s installment is based on the 12Z run of the GFS model and the 12Z products from NOAA’s Ocean Prediction Center The Tracker image below shows the Class40s well off...
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Transatlantic Race Commentary #3 – July 5
July 5 – 1000 EDT Wow! Very interesting tactics overnight as STELLA NOVA takes the short jibe at 1913EDT or 1113Z: She had been making 9.5 knots at 77 degrees and jibed to a course of 16 degrees and...
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Transatlantic Race Commentary #4 – July 6
1200EDT July 6 As expected, STELLA NOVA has extended her lead to 122 miles. We rolled back the Tracker to 0800EDT or 12Z, picked up the positions of the fleet and plotted them on the 12Z Surface...
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Transatlantic Race Commentary #5 – July 7
Fireworks a plenty for the Class40 https://www.acheterviagrafr24.com/viagra-femme-france-generique/ fleet in the Transatlantic Race 2015 #tr2015! The Low-pressure system that has kept the group company...
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Transatlantic Race Commentary #6 – July 8
July 8, 1400 EDT This is a full Atlantic basin image from NOAA’s ADDS Satellite page. It is often beautiful and always interesting. You can see the center of circulation of the Low that has been...
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Transatlantic Race Commentary – #8 – July 11
0900 July 11, 15 It’s pretty much all over but the crying for the Class40s as they line up on approach to the finish – STILL under the influence of the same Low pressure system that has kept company...
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Vineyard Race 2015 – September 10
It was great to be reunited with primary co-skipper and friend Chad Corning for this year’s Labor Day classic from Stamford Connecticut out to and around Buzzards Bay Light and back – 238 miles. The...
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