Well we are just about to have boat call for the third day of racing. Today is a 30 mile Coastal race, which is really nothing more then a large reach around this side of the Island. Not really looking forward to it but what can you do?
Anyway I did not write yesterday morning because I actually had nothing good say. We flat out had a shocker and nothing good came out of the day. What we had in the two great practice days was lost somehow and we once again struggled to have speed and crew work. We finished the day with a DNF and a 7th. (the DNF was because the committee used a tiny little blue flag as the pin end and none of the Swans saw it. A couple of them went back after having thought they finished and sailed through the proper line, we on the other hand were one the did not.)
So yesterday was a new day, Race day 2. Started in much the same fashion weather wise, sunny, warm and good breeze. After a long delay for the Swans we finally got a good race off. We had a great battle with the boats all within meters of each other. At one point we were in 2nd, then in 7th then finally across the line in 5th. We found out later that two boats ahead of us were OCS. So we moved up to 3rd.
The second race of the day saw us regain our starting ability and Tea and I had the boat flying up the first beat so we are really in the hunt at this point. We round the top mark in 3rd and start to slowly eat away at the lead of 1 and 2. At the bottom mark we chose to make a left turn while the top 2 did a right turn. But the kite under the bow stopped a great chance to take the lead. As it was we only crossed two boat lengths behind the two of them. We managed to hold of the rest of the fleet up that beat and down the last run. We finished with a hard fought and well earned 3rd place. With our two thirds we moved out of the basement on the score card and ended up 2nd for the day!
Today is another day and the weather from Commanders says the same as yesterday. 15-20 gusts to 25 from the N-NE. Sunny and warm. Not too bad!
Cheers
Tac
(Still no pictures)
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Thanks for the news. Back home it's great to hear the story behind the numbers. Congrats on yesterday's finishes and good luck today. Little blue flag in the big blue sea -- anybody bring a spare maple leaf??
GO TEAM!!! Hope you got your reachin' shoes on...
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