It was a hard regatta on FarrOut, try as we might we were really struggling for crew especially in lots of wind on friday (upto 35 knots) and just a little bit less on saturday. Sunday started a little light and then developed into a lovely breeze and we had the correct five on board. It was the kind of breeze where Stephen on main trim could rest his arm muscles and concentrate more on the shape of the sail.
Sunday afternoon gave us our best result in IRC3 with a second to Scoline, it was fun to do a windward/leeward course and we didn't really make any mistakes.
I think after the weekend we need to check our rig tensions because we don't seem to be as fast upwind as we used to be.
Friday's long distance race was especially tough for Stephen and I double handed. The "death or glory" spinnaker hoist in that kind of wind made us lay down for a while...generally with the size of the seas and the screaming wind it was survival mode on the little lake racer!
Disaster of the weekend was ripping the clew out of the "Touareg" spinnaker. Not terminal, it will be back.
By the way... 2011 Quarter Ton Cup starts today, if they can find any wind. Check it out at http://quartertonners.wordpress.com/
Jez, I think your best result was a first in race 2....PS I`m exhausted as well. Roger (Scoline).
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately a race officer error. I thought Derek had corrected it. Didn't affect the overall result though apart from Crazy Horse were third and us following behind. Well done to Snow Goose.
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