Well today we finally went for sail, after two more hours of tuning and retuning the rig. We got out and sailed in 5-12 knots of breeze against both Better Than and Ulika.
They had been sailing for a hour more then we had, but when we joined the races that they were having we went 4, 0 and 1. We are going very well and our crew is getting better. Things on the Blue Nights are starting to move in the right direction.
We had one great start against just Ulika that turned into a full on Match race start with Bill showing that he can still out dual his opponent. Tea did an awesome job putting the boat where Bill told her to and as a result we had the other team pinned over the line early and dead in the water. Big grins on all of our faces and some pretty heated Italian on the other boat :)
We are quickly getting our shit together and starting to make things happen. The boat is getting there as well, we do need to do a few little things yet to make our lives easier but for the most part we are starting to show what we can do.
Today we looked at yet another mainsail that we bought from Vixen and again we were not disappointed. I think we will be sticking with this sail for this event and things are looking up.
I know I promised some pictures, but the dumb ass that I am, I left in on the dock.
We also had a interesting thing happen to day. Bill just decided that going downwind at 9 knots that he would jump over board and do a man over board drill. We did have a vote and by only the smallest margins did we decide to go back and get him.
So all is well. I really do like the Spanish way of Yacht racing. Tomorrow is the practice race and it starts at 4 PM! The next two days of racing start at 2 PM! That is just bloody awesome.
Anyway, off to shower and head to a crew dinner.
Cheers
Tac
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Hope all goes well for you and the team. Keep posting results for the "folks back home".
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