Back in December I had bought an XD kicker through Ebay. This kicker was made by Holt but it wasn’t like all the other Holt XD kickers. I f you go back to the original post you will see what I mean. Back there, I thought that it was a new design of the Holt…

This morning things started late. Actually, I started late because I woke up late. I aim to be at the club at 9 ‘o clock and I woke up at 9:25! I could hurry and try to make the first race, but I would be too stressed and I decided that I would only do…

Today, the second race would be the “Pottle Race”. I have to admit that I don’t know what it is about but I am sure it had to do with fog, because I arrived at the club and there was thick, dense fog. Visibility was bad and on top of that there was no wind…

This morning I was expecting 15-17 knots wind and I would try to keep a curvier sail in order to have more speed. I think this was the problem last week. I was de-powering my rig too much in order to keep it under control and I didn’t have enough power, upwind, to move through…

I was expecting strong wind today and I got it. It’s just that it was too strong. I de-powered the rig to keep the boat upright but I de-powered so much that the boat was moving fast enough through the wind. I was getting in-irons and I was loosing time trying to get moving again….