The Open 50 is in Long Beach getting provisioned and pampered. I’m in Santa Cruz, working with the Fullpower team and getting our portable weather systems to work and help with the routing. This year is going to be pretty tricky. This is my 10th time across and I think that the weather systems may…
In full prep mode. These boats are complex with canting keels, dagger boards, water ballast. Everything has to work perfectly because at the five minute gun, it’s just Richard and I for 10 days. Our start is with more than 25 fully crewed boats. And big boats too. “Starboard-Leeward is our friend”.
Here is our first serious sailing on the new Pegasus Open 50. Richard Clarke (didn’t get a shot of Richard’s face, but that’s Richard’s back…) and I are training for the double-handed Transpac. Just the two of us for 10 days across the Pacific. Yesterday we had a great sail from San Francisco to Santa…
Boat exited yard at 2030 last night and she hit the road heading west at 0500 this morning. She was shrink wrapped in clear so she will make quite an impression across the USA over the next few days! Boat , keel, mast and boom all weighed by measurer yesterday, completion in SF.
The morning departure from Goetz boatyard in Rhode Island to San Francisco. It will take 5 days to get across the country.
Putting the finishing touches on the Pegasus Open 50…. Skipper: Philippe Kahn Co-Skipper: Richard Clarke Sail number: 101 Rig: bermudan sloop LOA (ft.): 50.00 ft. Draft (m): 4.1m Beam (m): 4.6m Hull color: blue/white Yacht Club: Waikiki Yacht Club Designer: Owen Clarke Design Class or type: Open 50 Builder: McConaghy Project management: David Giles, Faye Lin Onshore Pegasus Racing team: Bruce Mahoney, Mark Golsh, Jana…