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Yesterday the wind was from the wrong direction which would have meant setting a course across the river. As half the river is for ferries, it left a very small area in which to race. At 5pm, after waiting all day for the wind to change it was decided not to go racing – most frustrating.

Today however was another long day on the Neva River and this time somewhat more eventful. There were long delays while damage was repaired and even a mast snapped. We managed to go through the d... Read More

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Hello again from St Petersburg, Russia.

Black Sheep Racing improve by twenty places in the latest ISAF Match Race Rankings since starting their Northern Hemisphere campaign three weeks ago. Now ranked 33rd in the world, Black Sheep Racing look to build on that and push further up the rankings.

So, here we are at Sail of the White Nights, grade 1 event in the heart of St Petersburg. The race area is literally a stone’s throw away from the shore which provides an extremely... Read More

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The Sail of the White Knights Qualifier concluded with the final two days blown off. Despite strong sentiment from sailors to get stuck into racing, the committee ruled otherwise to ensure the boats would be in good nick for the Grade 1 event which starts in two days time. Black Sheep Racing’s goal for this regatta was to qualifier for the Grade 1 event so we are happy to have achieved that but it would have been nice to get in more than five races.

We now have two days off befor... Read More

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Hello supporters and friends,

When we arrived at the yacht club this morning, it was a beautiful sailing day, blue skies and an 18-20 knot wind. Knowing we had the first 7 flights off we attended briefing then settled into a few games of 500. As the day progressed the breeze picked up and peaked just over 30knots. This was at the time we got in the boats, so the only sailing we managed today was returning to dock.

Tomorrow we will be the first race off the line against Finnish s... Read More

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Today we are reporting from St Petersburg, Russia where we have just completed racing for day one. Four wins from five races in a field of twelve competitors has us in a reasonable position with six races remaining before the semi finalists are decided. We had a couple of interesting races to begin and end our day. The first race we hooked the pin on the keel as we cut it too close with the entry, we then dragged the mark over to the boat before we could get it free. The race committee subseq... Read More

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