DOUBLE HANDED RACE
Saturday 26th Jan: Dale And Dennis sailed this event two up. One could see the wind line at the start but at the start line there was very little wind nevertheless in comparison to the rest of the fleet benba hit the line with speed at the right part of the line. All the boats struggled to keep going in the light breeze with Benba being the first in the new breeze. The breeze rapidly picked up and although we set up for a spinnaker hoist at the weather park, by the time we were there it was too windy. Instead we poled out for the downwind but ended up in sailing too low. Once rounded on the leeward mark(Milnerton) we beat back to Paarden Eisland. The wind had by that time increased to over 30 knots. On the second beat we decided to put a reef in. Just before the weather mark we stripped the outer core of the genoa halyard and we had to make a quick plan to stay in the race. The final leg was a reach to the finish. We can 1st overall. Boat performed well. Damaged one halyard and stiching on the No:3.