WED NITE RACE #3
Nice evening, not to hot with the breeze from the NW 9-12knots. Good start but close to the wall on Starboard with boats tacking calling for water etc.. we got caught going back by a starboarder so we had to tack away. Immediately they tacked with us tacking back and the chase for the first mark. We had lost quite a bit with the extra two tacks. On the downwind we were concerned wioth the bigger boats behind so we went deep. Unfortunately we sufered here as the boats higher up got the new breeze first and increased their gap. We managed a good leeward mark rounding and worked the boat quite hard on the beat, getting us good speed and a nice wind line allowing us to pass the other two Farr 38's. In the end we got a 3rd overall which still leaves us number one on the leader board. Aboard were: IAn, Siger, Sarel, Dale, Massimo, Elena, Tony, American guest. Boat and crew performed well.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
WEDNESDAY NITE RACE #2, 11 Feb 09
In the yacht basin it was howling, but the race was on. We decided to take it conservavatively using a number 4 and one reef in the main. We got an excellent start, boat was going well. In the end we got a second overall which taked us to first place overall for the series with a good points gap. Boat performed well, no problems etc... Aboard were: Ian, Dale, Tony, Michael, Massimo, Italian girl, Riaan, Siger, Sarel, Judy.
In the yacht basin it was howling, but the race was on. We decided to take it conservavatively using a number 4 and one reef in the main. We got an excellent start, boat was going well. In the end we got a second overall which taked us to first place overall for the series with a good points gap. Boat performed well, no problems etc... Aboard were: Ian, Dale, Tony, Michael, Massimo, Italian girl, Riaan, Siger, Sarel, Judy.
Monday, February 02, 2009
DOUBLE HANDED RACE 31st Jan 09
Aboard were Ian and Dale. To make matter more interewting Dale was Dutry Officer for the day tasked with seting the course. 40 minutesd before the start there was hardly any wind on the bay the little there was was a NE. There was wind that could be see in the SE corner, so HP went there to check it out. It looked like it was coming through but not very sure how far accross the bay it would spread. The course was set using paarden Island and Milnerton as the marks. We were concerned that if we went for Blouberg mark it might not be in position as has happened in the past and we did not have time to check if it was there. In reality it would have ben nicer for a short race and probably the only mistake made for the course setter..
With the wind filling in HP chose a position on the line that already had the new breeze, most of the boats were less fortuante and lost a lot of time getting going(1min) HP started with speed and close to the line, this advantage helped her to be first to the weather mark. On the downwind they were overhauled by most of the bigger boats. HP Sailed a consistant race with the winds ranging mainly between 17-20knots. The boat performed well. Just the other side of the finish line there was a wind line with no wind on the other side, so the course setter was correct in not taking everyone deep into the bay. HP came first overall. It was a great day on the water, good sailing, good fun.
Aboard were Ian and Dale. To make matter more interewting Dale was Dutry Officer for the day tasked with seting the course. 40 minutesd before the start there was hardly any wind on the bay the little there was was a NE. There was wind that could be see in the SE corner, so HP went there to check it out. It looked like it was coming through but not very sure how far accross the bay it would spread. The course was set using paarden Island and Milnerton as the marks. We were concerned that if we went for Blouberg mark it might not be in position as has happened in the past and we did not have time to check if it was there. In reality it would have ben nicer for a short race and probably the only mistake made for the course setter..
With the wind filling in HP chose a position on the line that already had the new breeze, most of the boats were less fortuante and lost a lot of time getting going(1min) HP started with speed and close to the line, this advantage helped her to be first to the weather mark. On the downwind they were overhauled by most of the bigger boats. HP Sailed a consistant race with the winds ranging mainly between 17-20knots. The boat performed well. Just the other side of the finish line there was a wind line with no wind on the other side, so the course setter was correct in not taking everyone deep into the bay. HP came first overall. It was a great day on the water, good sailing, good fun.
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