Parody Sailing Team

31/12/2019

It’s been quiet on our side this year. During the Norwegian championship in September we got demasted during the first race, so our season got cut short. In 2020 we’ll be back with a new (to us) boat! Happy new year from Parody Sailing Team!

30/06/2019

Hankø Race Week 2019: three days of great sailing, varying results and good vibes. See you next year, Hankø!

11/06/2018

The Nordic/Norwegian championship is over and we ended in 8th place. On Saturday there was zero wind, so no sailing (but we got to sail the M32 in the afternoon instead, which was awesome). Sunday started out with AP because of little wind, but it picked up after a while, and we got to sail three races. The first two, we don’t talk about... the third one was ok and we got a 10th place.

It has been an amazing weekend, and probably the best Norwegian championship we’ve been to. The people arranging have done a great job both on the water and on shore. Thank you, Kristiansand!

Also, thanks to Karl Otto Book from Elvstrøm Sails A/S for stepping in as tactician while Knut is sailing around in the Indian Ocean.

Here’s a video of day two, and a bit of day one as well:

Norgesmesterskap dag 2, ingen seilaser i dag, men moro lel

08/06/2018

First day of Nordic and Norwegian nationals is over and we sailed three races in mixed and interesting conditions. It’s been a great day with sunshine, wind and flat water. We placed 2nd, 6th and 8th, putting us in 4th place over all out of 40 boats, so in other words, we’re having a great time here in Kristiansand. New day tomorrow!

Here’s a great video from today:

Video fra første dag av eventen

21/04/2018

Practice weekend this weekend, and its blowing a steady 30-40 knots. We went out sailing, and this is how it went (🎥 Stian Østlund):

Quik by GoPro is the easiest way to create beautiful videos.

09/09/2017

Norwegian nationals day 2! We are in 9th place after day 1. Not much wind today.

05/08/2017

The world championship is over and we ended in 40th place out of 59 participating teams. On the last day we finally got the boat going like its supposed to, and we got a 22nd place in the final race, which was our best result. After doing some small adjustments and changing to our good gennaker, our sailing improved a lot on the last day. A bit late to do anything about the overall score, but at least we were reminded that we need to do changes sooner when we see that things aren't going our way. Hopefully this is something we will remember at the Norwegian championship in September.

Over and out, until then!

03/08/2017

Long and busy days mean no time for Facebook. We are not sailing too well, so not much to tell. Today was crazy, with huge waves and winds up to 30 knots. It was pretty much survival of the fittest, as 14 boats did not compete in today's last race (due to various reasons, some of which you can see in the video below). We ended up in a few "situations" today, with a collision on a leeward gate rounding, where a boat did not give us room to round, as well as a situation where the boat did not give us room to finish. Both ended up in the jury room, and we won both protests. The other boat got disqualified (twice) (yes, it was the same boat in both situations). Tomorrow is the last day, and it's probably going to be just as crazy as today.

01/08/2017

Day two went a bit better than day one. Today we sailed pretty evenly, with results in the early 30s every race. Lots of action in the mark roundings, with one collision with another Norwegian boat. We got some slight damage, but nothing we can't repair. Our starts were much better today, as were our downwind legs, where we managed to overtake plenty of boats every time. After almost 9 hours on the water today, we are exhausted, so peace out (until tomorrow) and enjoy this marvelous picture of us!

01/08/2017

Video from day two. We got plenty of air time!

31/07/2017

Day one is over and it was a tough day for us. In the first race we started out ok, with ok up- and down wind legs, however, on the second up wind leg we didn't catch a wind shift, so we fell way behind. In the second race we had a similar situation, in addition to a really bad start. Not sure what our results are, except that they are bad. Maybe tomorrow will be better. Other than the results, everything else is great, like this movie from today:

30/07/2017

Practice day is over, and although we chose the wrong side of the course, we still managed to get good boat speed and ok maneuvers. Tomorrow is the first day of real racing, so let's hope we're more awake!