Malisi - Malisi in the BVI

Malisi’s first participation in the BVI Spring Regatta saw a successful and good mix of racing days out on the water. A first place in the multihull division, a squall filled day racing against a Formula 40 catamaran, and a rudder failure preventing us to finish one of the races but quickly fixed. All this in a yachtsman sailing paradise with “Warm Water and Hot Racing” as advertised.dap2706. read more...

Malisi - 190 Miles to Mindelo

Malisi boat log, 13 th of November 12:46The heat is coming. Even in the shadow. We are slowing down, the boat has slown down. Since two days we are witout spinnaker.  (Except this, we are doing fine!)  We are at first position, but  considering our handicap, we are not. We feel a litte bit like a lame duck here! Read the story how it happened:We are sailing with a catamaran. It is a Outremer 64 light. I arrived in Las Palmas a week ago,  to help with delivery of the boat to the Carribean. There I am going to command the boat during the winter , until then I will be a  watchleader. What has happened on Malisi?In the night after the start of the ARCplus-Rally we were pushing our luck. The tradewinds, increased by the Canary Islands, blew with up to 29 knots. We. read more...