Retro⏳
Gatorade|Whitbread 1989-90
What a difference 30 years makes! Take a look at life on board the Italian entry Gatorade during the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race. The 1989-90 Whitbread was won by Sir Peter Blake on Steinlager, who swept the race, with victories on all six legs. And while many things about the race have changed […]
North Retro | Double Head Rigs
Nothing new under the sun😃 Here’s a great piece from between 1972-1974. Thanks to Pelle Pedersen for keeping stuff like this. CRISIS shows what the double head rig is all about. Here she is just barely cracked off-the-wind and really powering! The genoa staysail lead is at about 8° from its own tack. The main […]
Sardinia Cup 1983
Lite söndagsnöje i regnet… Båtnytt 3/1983 …”ett av de bästa seglingsprogram vi sett”. Tre svenska båtar deltog med Pelle Petterson, Peter Sundelin och Peter Norlin som rorsmän och Roger Nilson som Navigatör på Carat. Inspelad under två veckor 1982 på Sardinien. Vi får följa med under kappsegling på de tre svenska båtarna och se intervjuer […]
More info on Hurrycane?
I’m sure many of my readers either sailed on, or have info on, this Peter Norlin yacht? I’m not sure which one it is, since this Swedish yacht is also called Hurricane. I found the boat in April last year in finn.no. It was a very short add with subject “Norlin 40”, and the guy […]
Retrosöndag… Gotland Runt 1985
Det här känns ju sjukt längesedan… någon som var med?
Nästa race… Sjælland Rundt
Så här såg det ut 1981. Nu blir det paus ett tag för teamet (jag skall segla Midsummer Solo Challenge) innan det är dags för Sjælland Rundt. Förra gången vi körde, så ledde vi rejält ionnan vi parkerade vid Møn. Det skall vi försöka undvika i år…
Retro… 1978 World Quarter Ton Championship
Mer IOR-retro (pdf). Är det verkligen 40 år sedan? Tack till Pelle Pedersen som sparat dessa kulturskatter :-) How do you like sailing modern quarter tanners? They’re fine, although definitely not “family cruisers”. I should add that above 35 knots of wind, the only way I care to sail a quarter tanner is upwind. One […]