Practice (?)

The second race of the season was the first race with the new plan. The boat is temporarily on a mooring; temporary being the time it takes to repair the dry sail crane. My main concern is keeping the bottom clean. I brought the boat over to the blue crane and prepared for haul out. Ryan arrived early and helped. The bottom wasn’t too dirty and the clean up was easily done. The new routine works.

I recruited a potential new crew member. Anna has sailed out of Mooredale and currently crews on a Melgies 24. We were in plenty of time to do a practice hoist before the start. The wind was steady but strong and there was lots of chop. We managed to get the chute down (but not really up) without any problems. It was a good practice for the new crew.

After we had completed our prestart routine we looked for the RC Boat. It and all but Zyngara had disappeared. The race was called due to slightly strong winds. Maybe. We had decided not to fly the chute but leave the genoa up. We were not overpowered with the genoa.  It was a good practice for the new crew. We did a few gybes on the way back to the Club. At the restaurant a few people noted the Red spinnaker and assumed it was Aristosera.

Back to the blue crane

My first race was last night. The white crane isn't working. Motors were replaced and the new motor is blowing fuses. I did not want to use blue crane and I did not want to keep the boat at a mooring. However since the SNAFU is gone beyond 'temporary' I asked and got a 'temporary' mooring. I am planning to do a weekly bottom clean.


The PHRF rating has been dropped to 162. The wind condition were pretty variable. Light, none, and then 180 degree shift. We were lead boat to the first mark. The problem is to find it and we have no guide boat ahead. We made the right choice. The wind filled in nicely so the had a nice reach on what should have been the downwind leg. A bit chilly on the lake.