It was a beautiful day. Flat water but good wind: east at 10 knots. Nick injured his arm in his Tuesday night race so we recruited Katie from the crew bank. Katie is new to the club and new to sailing but a fast learner.
We had some good practise hoist with the chute. Being early is good. Wes handled sheets and it gave him an opportunity to practise a new position. There was a bit of a kerfuffle before the start as the backstay pin split ring failed. We managed to sort out the problem quickly.
We had a good start; ahead of our division. We elected to cover Windlight. When the fleet crossed we realized this was not good. Windburn and Jazz were clear ahead. The race was effectively over. It was three times so we had lots of time, but we could never recover from this first leg error. Having Jazz ahead of me makes me extremely unhappy.
To make matters worse the wind died just before we finished. Big boats came over top and we were blanketed. Once we lost way it was very difficult to get the sails to work. Windburn and Jazz finished when there was wind but just at our finish the wind died completely. All boats drifted together. It was all very annoying.
Jazz finished second but close enough to Windburn to get a first. Jazz has a high PHRF so for it to finish second in our division means that it is well ahead in corrected time. There were a few J 22s which made for more level racing. We finished 5th out of 8 boats; but second (a distant second) with the 4 J 22/24s.
We had some good practise hoist with the chute. Being early is good. Wes handled sheets and it gave him an opportunity to practise a new position. There was a bit of a kerfuffle before the start as the backstay pin split ring failed. We managed to sort out the problem quickly.
We had a good start; ahead of our division. We elected to cover Windlight. When the fleet crossed we realized this was not good. Windburn and Jazz were clear ahead. The race was effectively over. It was three times so we had lots of time, but we could never recover from this first leg error. Having Jazz ahead of me makes me extremely unhappy.
To make matters worse the wind died just before we finished. Big boats came over top and we were blanketed. Once we lost way it was very difficult to get the sails to work. Windburn and Jazz finished when there was wind but just at our finish the wind died completely. All boats drifted together. It was all very annoying.
Jazz finished second but close enough to Windburn to get a first. Jazz has a high PHRF so for it to finish second in our division means that it is well ahead in corrected time. There were a few J 22s which made for more level racing. We finished 5th out of 8 boats; but second (a distant second) with the 4 J 22/24s.
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