
Learning to sail and loving every tack and jibe—still chasing more sea miles to turn ‘pretty good’ into ‘captain-worthy.'


Melgames regatta day 2 of 2, Davis Island Yacht Club, Tampa Bay, USA Vessel: Longshot, a Melges 24, #777, owned by John Poulson. Skipper: Doug Fisher Tactician: Doug Fisher Crew: Anderson, Jason Chavez, Jillian, Cass D Wind went up to max 12 or13 knts. North 3 races. finished 1st, 9th and 2nd. 3 Rd overall for day so 3rd overall for the regatta.
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Davis Islands, United States
Melgames regatta day 1 of 2, Davis Island Yacht Club, Tampa Bay, USA Vessel: Longshot, a Melges 24, #777, owned by John Poulson. Skipper: John Poulson Tactician: Doug Fisher Crew: Jason Chavez, Jillian. Cass D Wind: 15 to 20knts wind South-West 4 races, 8 boats. Finished 4th, then 2nd, then 3rd then 4th. Overall 3rd for day 1 we went 6 to 6,6 knts upwind and 10 to 15,6 knots downwind
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Davis Islands, United States
vessel: "Slippery" a Melges 24, owned by Alex. Skipper: Alex Crew: John Poulson, DC, Hailey, Cass D Wind picked up to about 15knots at the end of the afternoon. from North/ North-West. We did 3 races, we ended at the middle of the pack in all 3, finishing 4th in a pack of 7 to 8 M24s. I operated the spinnaker today. We had excellent starts, and some really good tacks today, struggled a bit and lost speed with some jibes and at pin turns. We did about 6.5 knots upwind and about 13 knots downwind.
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Davis Islands, United States
Cassandra Dion, Kevin Tetreault & 2 others
5 October 2025 at 09:39

Ct 0023 to Ct 0016, Canada
Cassandra Dion, simon cloutier & 4 others
14 September 2025 at 09:32
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Ct 0016, Canada
15knts down to 6 knts W Sailboat : Marujo POR-10 36ft Jeanneau (?) Skipper : Miguel Sa Madeira (Portugal)
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Santa Luzia, Portugal
Cassandra Dion, Kevin Tetreault & 1 other
23 July 2025 at 15:58

Plage-Labelle to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada
Cassandra Dion, Kevin Tetreault & 1 other
23 July 2025 at 12:39

Parc-Boutin to Plage-Rouge, Canada