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Wildwind – two great weeks


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All done. Last night out with new friends tonight. This seems to be the best photo of me at sea from the fortnight — no exciting Tiger or Fox pictures: Final photos uploading in the background including some good high-wind shots of cats, windsurfers and a kite board. Will post a few from home.

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Wildwind race day


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Race day was comical, with lulls followed by moderate gusts from various directions. In a mixed fleet, Remko and I were first over the line in a Tiger two out of three in the morning. For the third, Remko took a unilateral decision to put in a capsize in the last minute before the start, giving us a finish of third on the water. In the first of the afternoon, we were part of a bizarrely mixed group of boats […]

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Hobie Tiger at Wildwind


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Wildwind 58 – Version 2, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. No photos of me today — Beth was busy — but a few good shots of others. This is a Hobie Tiger, the boat I used to own.

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Wildwind: reaching in Vassiliki Bay cross-shore


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What we came for: Reaching a Hobie 16 in Vassiliki Bay cross-shore, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Reaching a Hobie 16 in Vassiliki Bay cross-shore, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.

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Mildwind week 1


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Wildwind 31, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. This Hobie Fox with me at the helm is beam reaching with spinnaker, chasing down a Laser Vago, and without trapezing too. This should not be possible — beam reaching with spinnaker that is — because there should be more wind and it is a powerful boat. Wildwind? This week it has been “Mildwind”, but fun nonetheless with a good crowd of sailors. The one cross-shore blast of 20-25 knots was exciting in the […]

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The weather is a cruel mistress


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Vassiliki Bay Panorama, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Too little wind this morning and a storm this afternoon, so we took a stroll, discovering this magnificent grasshopper (cricket?). Grasshopper, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.

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Wildwind photos


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Photos from Wildwind, 21 Jun – 5 Jul may be found here.

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Wildwind day 2


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Good breeze this morning and another good sail in the Fox. Still no heroic photos: maybe tomorrow. Wildwind 135, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.

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Wildwind day 1 (yesterday)


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Wildwind 47, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Shortly after this photo was taken, the wind picked up to a gentle force 3, enabling a brisk sail in a Hobie Fox, a fast Formula 20 catamaran. We achieved some hull-out broad reaching with spinnaker and the crew on the trapeze, which was ideal. Sadly, circumstances have spared you a photo of these heroics, so I’ll have to ask you to make do with this stock image of a close-hauled Fox: A superb […]

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Wildwind, Vassiliki, Greece


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Wildwind, Vassiliki, Greece, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Plenty of boats: just need the wind…

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