08/21/2009, Schull Harbor
I've been racing lately on a Cork 1720, a kind of Melges 24 on steroids. We recently competed at Calves Week, Ireland's answer to the world famous Cowes Week in England. In the final race on Sunday, we came third and surprised the entire fleet, including our skipper. It was a proud moment at the prize giving later that night.
We go to Baltimore, around the other side of Roaringwater Bay, next week for the 1720 Nationals. We're about to find out how good we really are.
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08/21/2009, ballydehob ireland
The traditional boats gather at Ballydehob, not far from us, every year for some music, dancing, food and fun. Jeremy Irons, the actor, has restored a castle that is on the way here and invited the fleet to stop for a drink and a tour while they waited for a favorable tide to reach the festival. The sailors sail out later with the tide while everyone else heads for the pubs where the music plays on.
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08/21/2009, Ballydehob
This was one of the larger boats at the festival, arriving as the tide rose. Ballydehob is very shallow at low tide, which has a twelve foot rise and fall on a spring tide. The festival is scheduled during a favorable high tide, so the boats can arrive, party for a while and leave before the tide goes out. It's about a three hour window of fun.
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08/21/2009, Ballydehob
What a beautiful little boat.
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