Weds. Night Series 2 Race 4
You couldn't ask for better conditions, warm, with a 10-15kts Easterly, slight chop; a great night for drivers. The course was from a mobile mark off Morgan out to "T", back and forth a couple of times. In terms of crew weight we were a little light; missing Neil and Aaron. After much discussion we decided to sail with the old 150%. The sail has seen better days, but I felt we couldn't carry the 155%.
We had a decent start, just under Slice and on top of Blue Meanie. We hit the line fast, held our lane. Eventually we rolled the J/30 and Slice tacked off. The other two 29s were over early.
Magic was slightly wound-up inside we were pinned, but wanted to go out to the channel anyway. Bob expected more breeze to the left. We tacked at the channel crossed the whole fleet except for Slice who was about one boat length a head. We hipped up on Slice, slightly above the layline.
The breeze continued to go right and we were well over-stood, allowing For Sail and Cow to catch up. We rounded in second just behind Slice, For Sail, Cow and Magic close behind.
We couldn't get the chute up. Nothing like a little foredeck macramé to make the night interesting. By the time we set, the two 29s pasted us and Magic was on top of us.
We rounded the leeward mark just behind Magic and just ahead of Meanine. Meanine tacked out, as did Magic. We managed to pinch up above Mad Cow's bad air and hold a lane out to the right. At some point early in the 2nd weather leg Craig hurt his hand.
The right was a gainer, there was more air and a shift about 20 degrees to the right. We rounded the weather mark well ahead of Magic and Meanie, still too far back from the leaders to make our time. The 2nd run was a little crooked; no real tactics, just a long Port jibe. We switched to the 155% for the next beat.
I don't remember much of the last beat. Put the bow down and go right. We were faster than Cow and Slice, held our own against Jim.
On the last run, we caught a few puffs that drove us down to the leaders. About halfway down I started to feel that we had a chance to win.
The course was just a little too short. For Sail beat us by 25 seconds, we corrected over Slice by 0.6 seconds. All in all, except for Craig hurting his hand, we had a good night.
Craig went to the doctor Thursday. His right hand was fractured and thumb dislocated. Bummer.
The crew
Craig
Bob
Vicky
Pavel
Laura
Eric
Charlotte
me
No sailing next week. I'm in SF
We had a decent start, just under Slice and on top of Blue Meanie. We hit the line fast, held our lane. Eventually we rolled the J/30 and Slice tacked off. The other two 29s were over early.
Magic was slightly wound-up inside we were pinned, but wanted to go out to the channel anyway. Bob expected more breeze to the left. We tacked at the channel crossed the whole fleet except for Slice who was about one boat length a head. We hipped up on Slice, slightly above the layline.
The breeze continued to go right and we were well over-stood, allowing For Sail and Cow to catch up. We rounded in second just behind Slice, For Sail, Cow and Magic close behind.
We couldn't get the chute up. Nothing like a little foredeck macramé to make the night interesting. By the time we set, the two 29s pasted us and Magic was on top of us.
We rounded the leeward mark just behind Magic and just ahead of Meanine. Meanine tacked out, as did Magic. We managed to pinch up above Mad Cow's bad air and hold a lane out to the right. At some point early in the 2nd weather leg Craig hurt his hand.
The right was a gainer, there was more air and a shift about 20 degrees to the right. We rounded the weather mark well ahead of Magic and Meanie, still too far back from the leaders to make our time. The 2nd run was a little crooked; no real tactics, just a long Port jibe. We switched to the 155% for the next beat.
I don't remember much of the last beat. Put the bow down and go right. We were faster than Cow and Slice, held our own against Jim.
On the last run, we caught a few puffs that drove us down to the leaders. About halfway down I started to feel that we had a chance to win.
The course was just a little too short. For Sail beat us by 25 seconds, we corrected over Slice by 0.6 seconds. All in all, except for Craig hurting his hand, we had a good night.
Craig went to the doctor Thursday. His right hand was fractured and thumb dislocated. Bummer.
The crew
Craig
Bob
Vicky
Pavel
Laura
Eric
Charlotte
me
No sailing next week. I'm in SF
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