Went to Nats Marine and picked up the other winch.
Got some 3/16 line for spinnaker up/down haul.
Got a Harken block to mount near the spreaders for the uphaul.
Going to use the jib halyard to hoist the spinnaker.
Got to Newcastle a little late as the traffic was TERRIBLE through Oshawa.
Winds were from the NW 15 knots, with leftover waves from today's SW wind.
We had the #1 (170%) on deck. However, once we got out there, we were seeing 25 knots sustained, so we switched to the #3 before the race.
We had a good start, but the boat was sluggish, and didn't have any power to punch through the waves, so we had to fall off the wind. The top of the sail was doing nothing. Wind Dancer and Cajun pointed directly at the mark, we were 20-30 degrees off and had to tack twice. When we past the windward first mark, the wind was dropping, so we doused the #3 and hoisted the #1. Much better!
We came in third accross the line behind Wind Dancer and Cajun.
After race analysis determined that we used the wrong jib tracks for the #3. No wonder we didn't have any power!
Friggin GPS batteries died again on the first leg, so no track.
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