Forecast was for a 10 knots north wind, but from land it looked like less. Full bolt rope main and #1. Once we got out to the start, indeed it was 10 knots, but the wind gusts were over 15.
John and I tried a different start method. We ran line line before the start and hit the Man Over Board (MOB) button on the GPS when we were 1/3 way down the line. We timed our start to hit that point at the gun; it work perfectly. We had to duck a couple of boats about 30 seconds before the start, but had a great start; right in the thick of boats, in clean air. You can see the MOB point on the Google Earth track.
On our first tack by the windward mark, we had puff of wind come up, and we ended up doing a 360. As you got close to the windward mark, there was MUCH more wind. We had boats rounding up all around us. John and I watched the boat ahead of us get hit with the puffs and were able to ease the mainsheet before it hit us.
We overshot the final tack to the finish, but wanted the make sure we make the finish line without an additional tack.
We were the last to finish, but definately took some boats on handicap.
Trip Odometer: 9.70 miles
Moving Avg: 4.8 knots
Moving Time: 02:03:13
Google Earth track: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20120530.kmz
It has taken over a year, but John and I are really clicking. We are thinking more about tackticks than boat handling; much more fun racing.
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