North Wind in Toronto

What does it look like in an I14 to sail past Bay St in a North Wind? 3knts upwind to 15knts downwind without changing directions.... I can't say it is pretty:

Fog Bowl

After the Fleet Captains Race was called off due to Fog the I14 decided to press on with our own race. The course was easy, leave the club, out the Eastern gap, around T2 and back to the dock. First boat with two feet on the dock wins.

Since we didn't have a race committee our starting line was between the club ferry and the dock as the 1:30 ferry backed away. I'm not sure the staff was too impressed with this started but we did the best we could...

As might have been obvious to most people that day, the Fog was really thick, only about 75m viability. This made for a bit of difficulty for most of the fleet who couldn't find T2. However in the end we made it around.... and I think we're the only ones with proof!

Haywire documented the whole race from the back of his boom... but I don't think you'll see T2.

Come On Board with Us

Here is some on board video from Clearwater.  Lots of fun in these waves.

i14 Sailing from Hudson on Vimeo.

Spring Training!

Its been a great year for winter for sailing... in Florida.  Yes, to escape the snow and ice I moved my boat down to Miami, then Clearwater Beach for the winter.  RCYC Coach, Dan has been working with Jason, Graeme, John and I in the sun over the past two months - What a Difference!  I can't believe how much I learned from one-on-one and small group training.  Of course now its time to practise, practise, practise...

Here are a few pictures from the trip:

Whooa, those are big waves

Not without incident... must have been a crab pot

The Killing 3 Project

K3

Keeping busy this winter working on the Killing 3, a new International 14 designed by Steve Killing.  Follow along on the project blog at http://killing3.blogspot.com/

Go Canada at Miami OCR!

Great work in Miami guys. I can't wait to get back on the water.

Chris Leigh (@_chrisleigh_) has shared a Tweet with you:

"_chrisleigh_: Great job today Billy and Hogan! "@ian2SS: Miami OCR Day 2: http://t.co/qp0Wnf4""
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