This Saturday just past arrived with a forecast of 20 to 25 knots for race 2 of the Winter series which meant party time for the local multihull fleet...
With the possibility of 30 knots arriving during the race a short repeating course not too far from base was wisely set by the race committee. The mono fleet went off first downwind...the first brave soul to fly his kite ended up with no mast ... a round of thanks must go to the mono fleet for keeping us entertainined with their frequent and dramatic broaches.
Our start was rather tame...we were all late over the line...and most decided not to fly a kite with it gusting to about 30knots. Some still decided to play the angles downwind but somehow the gains were not high enough and the direct route seemed to be the way to go. Daylight Robbery and Skeedaddle soon retired with gear problems leaving Frassld, Chilli and Mustang Sally fighting for line honours. On the second time round Al on Sally decided to fly a hasty kite thinking he could sail through the finish line and sort out the mess in his leisure... Sadly for Al the race committee were also enjoying the carnage and sent us off on another lap thwarting Als plans...
At the back of the fleet With Teeth and Shuttle were having their usual fight for dominance... both boats favor the heavier conditions, one because of boat weight and the other because of crew weight... you decide...
After two and a half hours racing the first 3 boats were seperated by 10 seconds on corrected time.... Shuttle squeezed into 1st place 4 seconds ahead of With Teeth who was 6 seconds ahead of Mustang Sally...
Thanks to HYC for running a good race....
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