Author: Ned Collier Wakefield

DAYLIGHT WAS SECOND THIS YEAR (More…)

With all of the variables that go with yacht racing:  the crew, the competition and obviously the weather, each race is totally different. This year, for us, the lack of competition for Concise 10 detracted from the Fastnet Race. On the other hand, our crew...

CHAMPAGNE BREAKFAST… JUST A MINUTE! (More…)

The 50 odd mile Round the Island Race has been a prominent feature throughout the Team Concise MOD 70 program. It was the first race we did hours after taking delivery of the new beast two years ago. Over the past two years we had...

Heading back to Barbados (More…)

On Monday the 28th Nov, Concise 10 left Hamble (with Ned, Tom Dawson, Martin Watts, Jonny Malbon and Tim Rogers on board) for a rather quick/ windy downwind blast out of the channel, across Biscay to Vigo in northern Spain. [caption id="attachment_16990" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Concise 10,...

A Grand Day Out (More…)

The Sandy Lane Charitable Trust raises millions of dollars each year to help support needy children in Barbados. It does a fabulous job. This year Comedian Russ Abbot was at his disarming best as he set about extracting as much as money as possible from the great...

Happy Birthday Concise 10 (More…)

Taking line honours in last Friday’s Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Cowes / St Malo Race, represented a milestone for Concise 10 (our MOD 70) both literally and figuratively.  It marked exactly one year since the French sailors stepped off Concise 10 into their chase boat...

Round Ireland with Team concise (More…)

Hot foot from successes in America – a podium place at The Atlantic Cup – and a weekend of coaching during the Dubarry Women’s Open Keelboat Championships in the Solent, Libby Greenhalgh is  now heading to the Irish Sea.   Wearing Magenta Project “colours” she will be...