Sunday's race was interesting in that with no rain we had
winds from almost 0 to 20kts. The 1st leg from 14 to 18 had great winds
from the south. During the 2nd leg from 18 to 2 winds dramatically
diminished and switched from the south to north north west. The spinnaker
leg back to 14 was a slow crawl with speeds over the bottom from less than 1 kt
to 3 kts.
We were in a battle with the J 42 Velocity all around the
course. We rounded 18 just head of them. At 2 we were about 5 boat leans
behind them. On the spinnaker leg we found more air than they did and
finished 2 minutes ahead of them.
In the end we finished 2nd overall and corrected 4th with a
J 35 and a Olson 30 correcting on us. First to finish by a mile was a
Melgus 24.
All in all a great day with great crew work keeping us in
the Hunt.
Weather permitting we will sail again next Sunday.
Fast Freddy
