Spring update

Ryan on helm

The racing season has started so what about the Blog? I obviously haven’t been keeping up a regular set of posts. Hopefully now that I have started I can be more reliable. In order to make up for lost entries I will try to summarize events in a single update.

Kevin, foredeck, Nick sheets, and Wes, mast, have returned to crew this year. Our division is pretty much the same as last year. The division regulars includes Jazz, Windlight, and Windburn. Jazz is a bit of an outlier PHRF at 225, while Windlight and Windburn are 170’s. This compares to our 165. We have to beat all, and beat Jazz by more than 5 minutes. We are first start.
The races have been enjoyable. Our finishes have been thirds. Consistency is good?

Nick has started to use his GPS and we are trying to use VMG to give us a heads up on strategy.

In addition to the three regular weekly races we have also had the Round Centre Island race. This is on Victoria Day and it is difficult to get crew. We were shorthanded with Kevin and Ryan being the crew. This was Ryan’s first race. It was a great day and we got another ‘podium’ finish, i e third.