So hopefully we will actually have 20 boats on the line. One of those unofficial entrants is American Cole Brauer who is a last-minute addition, but I’m really hoping she makes the start. The rate of attrition in the battle to the starting line has been high we’re now down to about 20 boats in the fleet with a few more likely to drop off, but there’s a couple more boats that haven’t actually officially registered but should be on the starting line. Class 40s, Open 50s and an otherwise diverse mix of quicker boats trying to run down an S&S 34 to see who will be the first man (or woman) home. Solo, non-stop and around the world, it’s effectively a poor man’s Vendée Globe. It’s now less than three months until the biggest start (and my start) of the Global Solo Challenge race out of Spain. Corrected to First in division 1, my personal first Mac win in 24 tries, and a good weekend indeed for this group of local sailors! The straits presented their own challenges, and the bridge-to-the-island race involved lots of people doing math in their heads on handicap and “could this still happen” kinda thoughts, mostly in secret.Įnd result is that the friends-and-family Usual Suspects proved the older 52’s can still hang- at least offshore - and the extra 10% effort 100% of the time was enough to pay the bill. Our sole professional (Chad Hough, Quantum Sails) worked double time for the same pay and found us a pretty clean path through the weather systems we encountered, and we avoided most of the holes. This earlier generation 52’s have less drag, a bit narrower, and go well in light air. Nobody was talking, but all of us were thinking it. Heartbreaker was out front most of the race, but by the time we reached the manitou passage, there was a quiet thought circulating: Usual Suspects – with some luck or maybe some hard work – had a shot. In the 52’s, no consensus could be found amongst navigator approaches and we saw FOX and NJ going outside the manitous, for some incremental gains, paying for some miles but with a “worth it, barely” outcome. Sincere congrats to anyone who did well in their class this year– there was a fair amount of light air jungle-ball sailing and it wasn’t generally a year to move far away from the center of the lake, though in my class Natalie J made it look pretty smart to sail an extra 20 miles or so! leg of his headlining “The Purple Tour,” which included several sold-out dates, and plans to take his show to Europe during the summer months.An interesting report from the Chicago-Mackinac race… In addition to releasing music, the founder and CEO of his own SossHouse imprint–home to artists like Chavo and Sharc–Pi’erre recently wrapped up the U.S. The project went on to garner massive praise by fans and various publications including Billboard, OFFICE Magazine, The FADER, ET, Complex, and more. He also has established himself as a successful rapper with lauded solo albums The Life of Pi’erre 4 and The Life of Pi’erre 5, which was critically acclaimed as one of the “Best Albums of 2021” by NPR, Complex, Rolling Stone, XXL, and more.Įarlier this year, he collaborated with Atlanta’s own TM88 on their collaborative mixtape titled Yo88!, wherein TM produced the beats while Pi’erre provided glorious “catchy and effortless bars,” as stated by Billboard. Pi’erre Bourne first made his mark as a producer-crafting massive singles for Playboi Carti (“Magnolia”), topping the charts with Lil Uzi Vert ( Eternal Atake), and becoming a GRAMMY Award winner (Kanye West’s Jesus Is King).
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