Kansai Yacht Club “Around Osaka Bay Race”
May 28, 2011 by Mark Smith
Filed under Kansai Yacht Club, White Sail Racing
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Kansai Yacht Club 2011 Spring Regatta.
February 17, 2011 by Mark Smith
Filed under Kansai Yacht Club
Hello there,
Just a quick note to mention that the deadline for the Kansai Yacht Club Spring Regatta is the 20th of February. The regatta dates may be found on the KYC home page. In our case we will enter our boat ROXY and X-99 sports cruiser in the “WhiteSail” class which races on the 5th and 6th of March. We will also participate in the “Open” on the 27th or March.
The WhiteSail class is an event suitable for all keel boats over 19 feet. The racing is friendly and sociable. The regatta also offers racing to the J24 class yachts, the Dragon class yachts and IRC rated races. So plenty of opportunity for all.
This year promises to be a great deal of fun. Please come and join us.
Mark.
Invitation to Join Yacht Racing in Japan.
June 11, 2010 by Mark Smith
Filed under Kansai Yacht Club, ROXY X-99 Yacht, Sports Boats, White Sail Racing
Hello to anyone thinking they would like to enjoy some yacht racing in Japan. I have attached the Kansai yacht club “White Sail” PHRF race calendar below and hope you would like to join us. I will be out there for each of the posted races sailing aboard an X-99 by the name of ROXY. We are by no means the fastest boat on the water but we have a lot of fun.
Come on and enjoy some yacht racing with us. If you do not have a boat and need a ride please feel free to contact me and I will do my very best to line you up with a boat. mark@sails.co.jp
| 月 | 日 | 曜日 | WHITEクラス |
| 1 | 17 | Sun | POINT RACE＆Party |
| 2 | 7 | Sun | POINT RACE＆Party |
| 3 | 13～14 | Sat-Sun | KYC SPRING REGATTA |
| 4 | 25 | Sun | POINT RACE＆Party |
| 5 | 16 | Sun | POINT RACE＆Party |
| 6 | 5～6 | Sat-Sun | Osaka Bay Race*0.5 |
| 7 | 4 | Sun | POINT RACE＆Party |
| 7 | 31 | Sat | Sunset and Memorial |
| 9 | 4～5 | Sat-Sun | Cruising Race |
| 10 | 2～3 | Sat-Sun | KYC AUTUMN REGATTA |
| 11 | 28 | Sun | POINT RACE＆Party |
| 12 | 12 | Sun | POINT RACE＆Party |
Around Osaka Bay Yacht Race. 大阪湾1周レース
June 1, 2010 by Mark Smith
Filed under Kansai Yacht Club, Open Ocean Adventures, ROXY X-99 Yacht, Sailing Japan
ROXY our X-99 Yacht and crew think it is that time again and we thank the Kansai Yacht Club for preparing the ”Around Osaka Bay’ yacht race once again.
The race start line is set for 19:00 June 5th. The Time Limit (Deadline) is 16:00 June 6th.
At time of written this memo there are 15 boats entered in the race and I am sure late entries will be accepted.
The annual K.Y.C. “Around Osaka Bay” yacht race is a cheap and yet fantastic event. To the best of my knowledge it is the only race on the Japan yacht race calendar that has a start line set at 19:00. This provides a night start and I can promise you night starts and indeed night racing are very special.
Last year 16 boats lined up just in front of Kansai Yacht Club start line for what turned out to be a downwind spinnaker start. The start was quite gentle however as the night went on the fleet picked up some nice 20 – 25 knot true and managed some pretty good times running down to the Sumoto mark. The Sumoto mark is set at 34.21.2 N and 134.57.2 E a distance of about 26 miles from K.Y.C start line. I recall I was driving “Spindrift” a Takaii T301 30 foot yacht and we rounded the mark a little after 12:00 am. For our aging sports cruiser that was not a bad time at all. Having traded the T-301 in for an X-99 yacht we called ROXY we are again hoping for some nice winds to blow us around the bay.
Of course a quick look at the boat entry list below and you will see that this years race will be include some very tough competition including a GP42, Three X-35, IMX38, Archambault and on the list goes. Make no mistake these are some very competitive boats and they will be out to win across the line. Of course this race is not all about top class brand spanking new boats. Our X-99 is a rebuilt boat of 19 years and she is joined in the veteran class by Lucky Too. So please if you have a yacht and would like to join us, come on and give it a try.
Now if you are not doing anything 5th and 6th of June come on and join in the Kansai yacht Clubs “Around Osaka Bay” Yacht Race. If you can’t make the race then come on out and watch the start you will be glad you did.
Boat Entry List as at June 1st 2010.
IRC Division
SWING GP42 MOD 1.257
SUMMER GIRL FIRST 40.7 1.067
RELAXIN’ IMX38 1.057
WAILEA X-35 OD 1.056
NEUEROVE X-35 OD 1.056
LAPIN BLEU A-35 1.034
FIVE STAR SEAM 31 1.017
WHITE SAIL Division.
C.ROSSETTI BENE45F5
CYGNUS DHL35CWS
DYANE BENE300SPIRIT
FIVE STAR SEAM31
LUCKY TOO NIC30
OTENTOSUN YOK36ON
ROXY X99
TAM ID35
