Weds. Night Series 3 Race 4
The changing conditions made for kind of a strange night. I got to the club early, for the first hour the wind was very light out of the east northeast. Around 5:00 the breeze picked up to just over 10kts. By 6pm the wind was just about gone. We left the rig tuned to 37/29. The course was from a mobile mark near Y out to T, back and forth 3 times.
We had a great start, going fast at the pin, in a huge left shift. We tacked and cleared the whole fleet. Problem was, we were 45 degrees above the mark. Slice and For Sail tacked under us. I cracked off and headed straight for the mark. The breeze shifted 60 degrees right, we followed the header down, thinking the shift was progressive. For Sail crossed us by less than a boat. Slice by about two boats.
When we tacked we over-stood the mark by too much. None of us took the current into affect. It makes sense now, since on the run I was having a hard time making the leeward mark on port jibe. The breeze was very shifty downwind. The puffs were righties lulls were to the left. By now the breeze was building. We staid pretty close to For Sail on the run and passed them on the next beat, we tacked out to the left soon after the leeward mark. I think we had better pressure. We crossed For Sail and rounded just ahead of them.
The second time down wind we held stdb jibe almost the whole way, just one short gybe at the end. By now it was a three boat race. Slice was launched, and was For Sail slightly behind of us. I managed to pinch FS off. We tacked to cover shortly after. We gained. FS initiated a tacking duel (By now the breeze was up and we were struggling a little with the 155%. It would have been fine if we had more weight on the rail.) We wouldn't bite and decided the shift was to the right so we headed off to that corner.
We got tied up with Dennis Driscole who took us past the layline. FS sneaked in at the mark. Our set was better than there's so we slowed them down and as they rolled up to protect their air we assumed a nice position inside them. FS jibed. We sailed by the lee to keep them from crossing, which they eventually did about 100 yards from the finish.
We corrected over them. Slice was way out in front for the win.
The crew:
Bob S.
Pavel
Niel
Bob M.
Mike K.
Charlotte
me
We had a great start, going fast at the pin, in a huge left shift. We tacked and cleared the whole fleet. Problem was, we were 45 degrees above the mark. Slice and For Sail tacked under us. I cracked off and headed straight for the mark. The breeze shifted 60 degrees right, we followed the header down, thinking the shift was progressive. For Sail crossed us by less than a boat. Slice by about two boats.
When we tacked we over-stood the mark by too much. None of us took the current into affect. It makes sense now, since on the run I was having a hard time making the leeward mark on port jibe. The breeze was very shifty downwind. The puffs were righties lulls were to the left. By now the breeze was building. We staid pretty close to For Sail on the run and passed them on the next beat, we tacked out to the left soon after the leeward mark. I think we had better pressure. We crossed For Sail and rounded just ahead of them.
The second time down wind we held stdb jibe almost the whole way, just one short gybe at the end. By now it was a three boat race. Slice was launched, and was For Sail slightly behind of us. I managed to pinch FS off. We tacked to cover shortly after. We gained. FS initiated a tacking duel (By now the breeze was up and we were struggling a little with the 155%. It would have been fine if we had more weight on the rail.) We wouldn't bite and decided the shift was to the right so we headed off to that corner.
We got tied up with Dennis Driscole who took us past the layline. FS sneaked in at the mark. Our set was better than there's so we slowed them down and as they rolled up to protect their air we assumed a nice position inside them. FS jibed. We sailed by the lee to keep them from crossing, which they eventually did about 100 yards from the finish.
We corrected over them. Slice was way out in front for the win.
The crew:
Bob S.
Pavel
Niel
Bob M.
Mike K.
Charlotte
me
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