the weather the day before was windy and wet, a barbacue was put on for the evening, however i decided not to attend due to the weather.
sunday greeted us with 20 knts early morning and dropped slightly. the sea was choppy so i launched and was very wary on a new boat and a fairly novice crew on a cat.
after a few pratice gybes ad tacks i was happy. we started a little behind the line but quickly found greg and one more 18 and had a good battle to mark 1, we rounded around the back of a few boats but overtok them on the reach, which was in fact a beat. we managed to pick up good ground by getting to the 3rd mark in the lead and then greg powered by us in the choppy reach to 4. on the next beat we re overtook and we could see straycat was good upwind. the rest of the race we spent battling the other 18 and good fun was had by all.
on reflection i was pleased i had sailed the 18 as it was more forgiving than the hurricane. and being that i was racing than doing just a procession had to be a good thing, at least it gave us something to talk about in the clubhouse. richard did very well as crew and i couldnt really fault him, gave good ideas and had plenty to banter about as we went around the course, cant wait for the next race.
FINNISHED 15TH FROM ABOUT 25
1m 20 on handicap from greg and 20secs from nick troy
No comments:
Post a Comment