The way I sees it

 The way I see it

From: Fred Hazzard [mailto:fshazzard@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 7:38 AM
To: Dennis Damore <dennisdamore@comcast.net>; Cole_John <cole@lumber.com>
Subject: Race last night

Poe sailed with us last night and we were fast .  we won the first race by at least 100 yds.  Second race with nice lead at leeward Mark we shrimped the chute.
Good winds. 12 gusting to 18. Upwind in gust he would count down the seconds to the gust and be prepared to ease the jib to keep us on our feet and allow us to work up in the velosity lift.  We always tacked at the start of a gust.  Better boat speed thru the tack and a velocity lift.
Tight main and jib sheets.  Heavy  back stay.
Chute set with no pole.  Gybing main first.  Gybing chute with pole left on till last.  Pole off with chute coming down as we came into the mark. Always looking for gust.  Keeping wind clear and separation from other boats. Staying to leeward of other boats.  Trying to max speed at all times.  Constantly working sheets.
Very  busy and always fast.

Moe

The way I sees it

What Fred did not say.

We always tacked at start of gust but not every gust.

We came into the last mark of the second race.  We weren’t first but we were dang close to first.  Everyone gathered at the Mark (including a few Rangers).

Back of the boat – “Get ready to douse the chute” – I always hear the same thing from both people about pole, halyard, etc etc

Pointy end - Me – no comment – I got the pole off and flaked the halyard so it would not foul.

Back end of the boat screamed – “Dump the Chute” – I dumped the chute – not release the halyard type but a “Dump” dump

The back end was in no way ready for me to dump the chute and by the time I looked back – it was in the water.

I later got a lecture that Dump doesn’t mean dump.

We lost 3 places because of Salmon we caught in the chute and then another 2 places because we left the halyard underneath the boat for the upwind leg.

Got a call later from Denny - Dump means Dump - get your hand off the halyard and let her run.

Love the main first gybe!

John “The real deal” Cole

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