A good start is everything…not in an offshore race, that takes some days. After a nice port tack pin end start we were able to leave the Solent with the leading group. With the first left shift we tacked closer to the shore and sailed a while on that tack. The wind was keeping to […]
With place 3 on the first leg from Sable to Horta and place 5 on the second leg we finished 4th overall in the regatta. Challenging conditions and strong competition made it an exciting race and a good practice run for upcoming double handed events.
Statements by Alexander Krause and Antoine Carpentier (Stella Nova), 3rd Alexander Krause, skipper of Stella Nova, 3rd: «It was a real challenge, on the first night, to find the wind and to leave in the good wagon but we succeeded. We’ve played at the front row from start to finish and we’re happy with that. […]
With light winds Stella Nova was “drifting” faster than the competitors around the race course and hence defend the victory of 2015.
…it took just over 11 days to sail from Quebec to St. Malo. It was a very competitive race right from the start and all the way to the finish line. If the fog had cleared, a fellow competitor would have been in sight all of the time. Seven boats crossed the finishing line within […]