The wind was from the east. We sailed out (still no motor) in lots of time. We did a flawless spin practise. At one point we thought that the PRO would use Gibraltar as the windward mark however, just before the start Dragon lady set a windward mark and an offset.
We had a good start at the fist mark rounding threes Company was clear ahead. At the windward mark we were in good position until we tried to hoist. Somehow the chute snagged in one of the genoa hanks. We spent quite a bit of time trying to unsnag. Each crew member tried in order. Unfortunately it was the more vertically challenged who made the first attempts. Really unfortunate given that we had a good race to the windward mark. We certainly didn't give up but we were now defacto out of the race.
We sailed the boat well and it was a good day to be on the water; but for the race, not so much.
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