Got out to the boat a little after 4:30pm, and got all the extra weight out of the boat for a yardsale on the dock. Mounted the rope clutches on the cabintop. Tightened the aft lowers in preparation.
Wind was from the East 6 to 10 knots, making the course 7 short. We sailed with the racing main and light #1. Perfect amount of sail!
We wanted to have a good start, and started really well. We had boats all around us, just leeward of Gruntled at the gun on a starboard tack. Shortly after crossing the line, we were in Gruntled's dirt and decided to duck underneath them and tack to port; BAD IDEA, as Esclipse (Viking 28 in our fleet) was crossing the line on starboard. We immediately tacked back to starboard to avoid them. Elaine from Eclipse went into irons and had to fend off from hitting the committee boat. Sorry Elaine we thought we could clear you on the tack, and thought we had tacked back soon enough for you to clear Tanker Jones.
For some reason, I thought we had to round mark 7 again on a short course. We overshot the 2nd reaching leg trying to make mark 7. Ugggghhhh, my sailing instruction were soaking wet and stuck together.
We were not the last boat to finish and not to far behind our competition that give us time.
New rope clutches worked great.
Trip Odometer: 9.19 miles
Moving Avg: 4.3 knots
Moving Time: 02:07:34
Google Earth track: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20120523.kmz
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