Bissell Racing

Nassau, Bahamas
April 9-12
 Report by Dave Hughes

Capping his win at the Bacardi Cup earlier in the week, Brian Bissell won the 2008 Tag Heuer Snipe Winter Championship in top form.Going into the final day of racing it was do-or-die for Bissell in the eight-race series.  Snipe master Peter Commettee led overnight, meaning Brian had to put […]

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Hey there race fans.  Sorry it has taken me awhile to write the final report for the Snipe World Championship, but it has been hard to formulate words to describe the experience.  It was tough to find something positive to write about the sailing, but after some time has gone by, it’s really not so […]

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To conclude a very frustrating regatta, we finished 10th in the last race that jumped us up from 18th overall to 8th.  My goal was top 10 so I’m pleased to have achieved it, but overall it wasn’t a great event.  I’ll write more of a report when I get back, but just wanted to […]

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Today was light air once again and no races were sailed.  We left the dock at 1pm and didn’t return till about 7pm.  Some starts were attempted but they were all general recalls.  The Z flag was up so there could have been some 20% penalties handed out.
Our hope of having a throwout was splashed […]

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Day 2 of the Snipe Worlds was more of the same.  Very light wind and a dense fog.  After a long postponement, they finally started the race around 4pm in about 4 or 5 knots.  It is getting frustrating only having one race per day especially since we’d really like a throwout.  We need 4 […]

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To keep honest to the reporting I have to write about the painful day we had even though I’d rather not.  Only one race was completed in about 3 knots and we finished 39th overall.  ouch.  Not the way we wanted to start, but it happens and we’re moving on.  In six races there will […]

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Hurry up and wait, then go home.  This has been the theme of the last two days.  Yesterday, there was supposed to be a practice race and everyone was treating it as a trial run for the big dance.Â
We all rushed down to the club, got our boat in racing form, and waited for them […]

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This past week, we have been working on the boat and training.  We seem to have the best boat speed on the US team in light wind.  In Medium wind all the boats seem pretty even.  In breeze, we were a little bit off the pace, but we’ve made some major improvements.  The biggest change […]

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Today was a light air day.  For most of the day there was no wind.  It finally filled in and we started the only race of the day around 4pm.Â
Our coach told us that the far right might not be as good today because of some adverse current.  You could see it on the water.  […]

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 The Snipe PreWorlds began today and the weather was perfect for sailing.  It was the type of breeze where you are only kind of hiking out.  It was sunny, about 73 degrees, but the water temp was about 60 degrees, so a little chilly.   There were three races and we didn’t start the first race until […]

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