Morpheus was designed by Carl Schumacher, built by Davie Norris Boatbuilders in New Zealand and launched in 2002. She spent her first 18 months cruising the South Pacific before reaching her home port of San Francisco. Since that time, Morpheus has been raced and cruised extensively. This blog will document her ongoing adventures.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Another windy day
Winds forecasted to moderate.
Having fun, and learning spanish!!
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Good Morning - Day 3
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Race 4
30 degree shift to the right on first leg and we were hard left.
StFYC on the other hand was hard right. Nice going boys! Victory #1!!!
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Pretty good day so far
StFYC just got a 2nd. They look much happier now!!
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Day 2
Forecast for today is 15 to 20 and cold. Looks like a long day to make up for yesterday. Expecting four races.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Siesta vs. PIMS party throw by the British
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No Mas!!
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Race #1
Good race for us. Great start, good speed, wind at 20 or so. The left paid, and we ended top half which is far better than yesterday!!
Two boats lost jib halyards, one boat lost its outhaul. Lots struggled with the conditions.
The committee has decided to move us inside the harbor for more racing. Still pretty windy in here.
More later...
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Racing starts today
I am sailing with the spanish team.
Watch the NYYC website if interested, I think they have real time graphics showing the racing!
We may not be in the front...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
A MAGNIFICENT SHOW ABOUT TO BEGIN
Newport, R.I., USA (Sept. 15, 2009) - Seemingly overnight, the New York Yacht
Club Harbour Court facility has transformed into an international village
teeming with hundreds of people, including sailors from 14 nations who have
arrived to compete in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup.
Newport, R.I., USA (Sept. 15, 2009) - Seemingly overnight, the New York Yacht
Club Harbour Court facility has transformed into an international village
teeming with hundreds of people, including sailors from 14 nations who have
arrived to compete in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup.
"It's obvious that a lot of work has gone into this," said Craig Healy, a Soling
world champion who will skipper the St. Francis Yacht Club's team. "It's very
well organized." With a Wednesday (Sept. 16) through Saturday (Sept. 19) racing
schedule, most of the 19 teams - all of which represent yacht clubs and have
adhered to strict guidelines for crew composition -- checked in this past
weekend, attended a Swan 42 Performance Symposium, and began practicing on
Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound on the course once used for America's
Cup races when the New York Yacht Club last hosted that contest here in 1983.
By Monday, a 7900 sq. ft. tent and another at least half its size had been
erected on the lower half of the yacht club's sprawling lawn, famous for its
gloriously steep sweep down to the Newport harbor front. In the smaller of the
tents, where post-racing hospitality had already started, sponsor Sperry
Top-Sider, known for inventing the world's first boat shoe, was busy outfitting
every sailor with a new pair of its "Ventus" model shoes and happily servicing a
steady stream of visitors who were checking out the merchandise at Sperry's
"Beach Cottage."
"Every rig has been tuned exactly the same," said Paul Zabetakis, president of
the Swan 42 class and chair of the impressive Technical Committee that has been
formed to oversee every aspect of boat detail, "and with the sails absolutely
matched, these boats will be more level than they ever have been since the
fleet's formation." Event Chair John Mendez added that the sailors also have
access to PredictWind, which enables every sailor to have equal wind and marine
forecast information. "I don't know how much more equal we can get," said
Mendez.
Since the NYYC owns the suits of sails and plans to use them again in two years
for the second running of this event, it took the liberty of emblazing them with
the event's logo and clear identification of each team so spectators can root
for their favorite entries. And spectators don't even have to be in Newport to
follow the action. At 11 a.m. on each racing day, they can log on to Kattack for
"Live Race Tracking" (http://tinyurl.com/oyue8a), which according to Kattack
representative Mark Fortin is not only entertainment for those who can't be on
the race course watching but also a performance report for the sailors, who will
be able to view the day's happenings on a big screen under the hospitality tent.
- Nightly reports, blogs, daily video and results will be available at:
http://www.nyyc.org/eventnews
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
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