What an interesting day of sailing! Started at the right end of the line (boat) but without much in the way of clear air. Footed our way into the lead. Lost the lead at West Point. Rounded the Rock in the back of the pack, headed west. Changed our minds, headed east. Passed pretty much the entire fleet, were caught by pretty much the entire fleet. The highlight for me came when we were basically dead in the water, about to be rolled by Different Drummer as we were between sail changes when a Puff from God comes. Oh the look of joy on my face when the A-sail went back up, the jib can down, and we shot away. Then the pressure built, and we finally saw the forecasted 15 to 25. Kotuku took care of the rest.
The real debacle is still happening, as they try and untangle race results. Not sure how it will all shake out, or who won overall. But our crew was top notch. Sail changes were sharp, gybes got better and better. The boat was reasonably fast in the light, considering the furniture we lug around the course.
And after the race, Matt took us out in a J-80 so we could plane around for a bit. Whoa Nellie, that was interesting!
Preliminary results are here:
http://www.cycseattle.org/racing/results-and-registrants/
Jan's fine photos are here, as well!
http://janpix.smugmug.com/Boats/Blakely-Rock-2012/21772383_7Mmd7b#!i=1735649325&k=nKjX6bH
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