the wind was supposed to be 8knts at most, i thought ok no crew that should be no problem, richard did sail in the end which was just as well as the wind did get up to about 18knts or more. after a good start we trailed mark and richard and cross gybed with them going to 3 mark dooley then took the lead and that was it we went backwards from that moment onward. i felt that we helm crewed better today after i explained to richard some of the finer things about losing ground during a race. we di much better and was very pleased apart from 2 moments one i think was my fault and the other was definiatly richards, after tacking he got the jib rope well and truly tangled with the trapeze wire, we spent a few moments untangling it, good job the world championship wasnt on it lol
we battled on and finnished, we stayed upright and that was all that mattered, in the club after we were told the art of when and when not to trapeze, i think we were over doing it and it was costing us time.
still early days but well pleased with overall progress and the boat in general.
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