Author Archives: Richard Hewson

Audi Showdown: Countback decides Farr 40 winner Peter Campbell, RYCT Posted: 4 Nov. 2012 Wired’s win came down to the wire – Dane Lojek pic A countback of placings over eight races was needed to decide the winner of the Farr 40 class in the Audi Showdown which ended on Hobart’s River Derwent yesterday. TheContinue reading “A Win for Wired – Farr 40 Audi Showdown Regatta”

On Saturday the 20th a fleet of 26 Mini Transat 650’s started the Mini Barcelona race. The course had been set the evening before at the briefing and we would be sailing from the start to a windward mark, rounding it to starboard, then sailing down to Casablanca oil rig and then north up toContinue reading “BARCELONA RACE SUMMERY”

Final preps are complete ahead of the start tomorrow of the single handed Mini 650 Barcelona race in the RG650. Rigging checked and double checked, hull dived on, and food bought. Many thanks to palma health and slurp crunch for their super foods and nutritional advice (I added a few items to the list… GuessContinue reading “Final preps for the Barcelona race”

All safety checks are done prior to the Mini Barcelona, and the boats keep coming! Lining the docks are now over 25 Mini 650 yachts with their skippers doing the final preparations required ahead of Saturdays start off Barcelona. Richard Hewson and the RG650 passed their final safety checks yesterday, where officials inspect the boatsContinue reading “NEW MINI TRASAT SPONSORSHIP PROPOSAL”

Preparation continues before the start of the Barcelona Mini 650 race. Richard Hewson and the RG650 will have their pre race safety inspection tomorrow before heading out on the water for some final training and equipment callibration.

After a fantastic surfing trip with the family on Spains north coast I arrived in Valencia on the 10th of October to sail the new RG650 to barcelona ready for the 2012 Barcelona Mini 650 race. I was hoping to remain on the North coast until the 12th, however looking at the weather files onContinue reading “RG650 Mini Transat 816 in Barcelona prepairing for the next race”

After a fantastic surfing trip with the family on Spains north coast I arrived in Valencia on the 10th of October to sail the new RG650 to barcelona ready for the 2012 Barcelona Mini 650 race. I was hoping to remain on the North coast until the 12th, however looking at the weather files onContinue reading “RG650 Mini Transat 816 in Barcelona prepairing for the next race”