Golden Week Sailing 2024

Here is a compilation of sailplans by TSPS Members over Golden Week, PLUS their individual reports!

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1.)  Captain Evan Burkowsky. 33’ Peterson: Garuda. Crew: Timothy Langley, Freddie Snoxall

  • Friday 26:  Katsuyama  —> Hota
  • Saturday 27: Hota
  • Sunday 28:      Hota —> Mikurajima (~24 hours)
  • Monday 29:      Mikurajima/Miyakejima (5 hours)
  • Tuesday 30:       Miyakejima
  • Wednesday 1:      Miyakejima (foul weather, hunker down in-port)
  • Thursday 2:            Miyakejima  —> Kozushima (4 hours)
  • Friday 3:                   Kozushima
  • Saturday 4:                Kozushima  —> Niijima (6 hours)
  • Sunday 5:                    Niijima —> Oshima (7 hours)
  • Monday 6:                    Oshima  —> Home-port Hota (8 hours)

2.)    Captain Claude Strobbe 33′ Kawamoto-made / New Japan Yacht design ANAIS. Crew: Max, Nikolay , Victor , Remi , Ogi

  • Sunday 28:      Misaki  —> Yokohama Bayside (race-day)
  • Monday 29:      Yokohama Bayside Marina  —> Hota
  • Tuesday 30:        Hota
  • Wednesday 1:        Hota —> Misaki
  • Thursday 2:              Misaki —> Ito
  • Friday 3:                          Ito —> Misaki
  • Saturday 4:                        Misaki —> Yumenoshima Marina

3.)    Captain Chris Eve 24′ Cornish Crabber EOTHEN. Crew: Kaoru

  • Saturday 27:  Yokohama Bayside —> Hota
  • Sunday 28:      Hota  —> Yokohama Bayside

4.)   Captain Robin Mah. 26’ NJY Libeccio Figaro. Crew: Alan, Andrew.

  • Wednesday 1: Yumenoshima    —> Misaki
  • Tuesday 2:         Misaki   —> Ito
  • Wednesday 3:      Ito    —> Misaki
  • Thursday 4:            Misaki    —> Yumenoshima

5.)    Captain Mike Snyder 42’ Distant Dreamer. Crew: Jeff, Eric

  • Saturday 27: Marinpia   —> Kaminoseki (Murotsu Harbor)
  • Sunday 28:     Kaminoseki    —> Nuwajima
  • Monday 29:      Nuwajima   —> Nakajima
  • Tuesday 30:        Nakajima   —> Horie Matsuyama
  • Wednesday 1:         Horie Matsuyama   —> Marinpia Misasi Marina

6.)   Captain Darren Halliday. 34.5’ Hanse: Halcyon. Crew: solo; Naomi, Kiwi joining in Niijima

  • Sat. 27: Yumenoshima —> Misaki
  • Sun. 28: Misaki —>  Yokohama Bayside (race-day)
  • Mon. 29: Yokohama Bayside
  • Tues. 30:   Yokohama —> Hota
  • Wed 1: Hota
  • Thurs 2:       Hota —> Ito
  • Fri. 3:            Ito —> Shimoda
  • Sat. 4:             Shimoda —> Niijima
  • Sun. 5:              Niijima
  • Mon. 6:               Niijima  —> Yumenoshima

Actual Sailplans, as realized (attached):

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Timothy Langley

About Timothy Langley

I joined TSPS 5 years ago after stumbling-upon a decrepit abandoned yacht in Chiba; I joined in order to get my Class II license so that I could sail the craft while fixing it up. Eventually, with the help of TSPS and friends like Evan Burkowsky and Tony Hardie, we made the boat (and me, too!) seaworthy. More recently, I have fallen into an even older larger sailboat and am working with friends to restore her to magnificence! She is a very desirable fifty-year old Swan 44'. So I will part with my beloved Santana and transition from solo-sailing to a more traditional crew-sailing (but to much farther destinations!). Sailing is such a rich and deep pastime. Thank you for posting your own comments and sailing experiences here.

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