2016-03-19 18:53
I have been caught up in the business of making money to support my sailing habit. Welcome to the off-season...Where all I can do is look at other websites and think of those who are still o… Read More
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The Skips Blog chronicles the races of the J24 "Gray Jay" . This is the second year racing her. Notes, diagrams, links and research posts are included that will hopefully lead to many first place finishes for "Gray Jay" and other competitive racers.
2016-03-19 18:53
Worked radio crew for haul out this past weekend. Winds gusting to 90 kmh. Made for some very tense moments when the large power and sailboats were in the air. My main concern was making sur… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Our office is laden with movie posters. The decor my partner and I agreed upon because at the time we started the company it was the cheapest way of bringing some life to the walls. In my of… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Heading out on Sunday for a final season sail with the crew, bit of practice and then take the mast down. Weather looks a little crappy but any change to get on the water is a good one. Even… Read More
2006-10-16 00:59
Past weekend was spent at the club fulfilling my club hours obligations as cradle crew member. I had a chance to talk to a number of excellent sailors that I only get a chance to see twice a… Read More
2006-10-12 22:51
Practice on Tuesday went well. Winds were much stronger than I had anticipated. We managed to get a good deal of brisk wind tacks and gybes in. I noticed that on both the tack and the gybe t… Read More
2006-10-09 13:54
One thing that will be discussed and sorted out over the off-season is crew position responsibilities. Now that we have a fixed crew repetitive tasks can now be assigned. This should make th… Read More
2006-10-05 16:34
I recently commented that we did better in overall standings last year and that I was not going to get hung up on standings because it was a big year for change. I felt that we had improved… Read More
2006-10-04 14:46
I have been thinking a lot lately about what it is that makes the boat a team and what it needs to do that. The first season my primary role on the boat was teacher. A 100% new crew had to b… Read More
2006-10-03 02:12
The topic of getting a professional on-board next year was discussed a number of times and I think we are about ready to have someone aboard to help evaluate overall performance and formulat… Read More
2006-10-01 23:37
Going into today I was very optimistic that we would have a very good race considering our last two efforts were stellar. From the stand point of crew and working together, it was stellar. F… Read More
2006-09-29 19:00
It finally hit me that there is only one more race left in the season. So naturally I began to look back at the season and evaluate how successful a season it was. From a standings point of… Read More
2006-09-28 16:30
Here lies "Jack Be Nimble" USA3888. Had a bad spill at the J24 North Americans held at Rochester New York on September 24th, 2006. Great video of the salvage here. It is more of a combinatio… Read More
2006-09-27 02:46
Looking back at the last few races, I feel like the groove has been there. The boat seems to slice through the waves effortlessly, angle of heel is consistent and within the limit of 10 degr… Read More
2006-09-25 16:19
During the race on Sunday the boat slipped into the groove easily. Waves were about 2 metres, and wind was steady 12-15 knots and gusting to 20-25 knots. I followed my plan and untertuned th… Read More
2006-09-18 14:42
Sunday was the start of the Frostbite series. My tact for this series is to focus on trim, tuning and traveler, and try and nail down the optimum combination of the three.Sunday called for 8… Read More
2006-09-14 23:26
My last post was rather pointed and targeted at an advertising campaign that was targeting comments on sailing blogs. I really disapprove of this tactic and decided to root out the culprit… Read More
2006-09-13 19:26
OK so a little off topic but have to blast this company for poor advertising targeting and overall bad judgment when it comes to their marketing practices. Some people may say that any publi… Read More
2006-09-12 00:52
The Basin Regatta, although we did not do great form a point standing, was a good overall weekend of racing. On Saturday I experimented a little with trim, traveller, vang and outhaul lookin… Read More
2006-09-08 14:35
Scanning sailing blogs and came across this link on sailing anarchy. I have seen some of this footage in other videos but this is one of the better extreme racing videos I have seen. Enjoy!… Read More
2006-09-08 14:13
The crew was enthusiastic about last nights practice. The newly appointed Crew Chief conducted an excellent run through of tips and observations he had picked up from crewing on another J (w… Read More
2006-08-31 14:45
One of the biggest tasks I have had to face is finding crew, organizing and training them. I finally feel like we are on the verge of becoming a good crew able to compete at the next level… Read More
2006-08-28 13:40
Smells like Fall which means only one thing. It will be time to haul-out soon. I hate haul-out. It will mean a long winter of off-season with no sailing what-so-ever! However I can use this… Read More
2006-08-24 16:40
Results and notes from Summer Series 7 are posted here.Winds prior to race were West and shifted to North just prior to race. The course was a bit confusing. I had to get my bearings on the… Read More
2006-08-23 14:28
In an effort to achieve maximum boatspeed and figure out our pointing issue I came across this explaination from Ullman Skelly Sails regarding Tuning and the" J dimension". I took the opport… Read More
