C22 Series 1 Race 2

Sunny and 26 degrees which means only one thing: not much wind!
Hard to believe it is May.

John was tied up at work, so it was Melissa, Chris, and I.
Full main and #1 genoa.

We had a postponement to wait for some wind to fill in.

The race committee did a radio tribute to long time WYC racer Andrew Sensicle who passed away this week.  We observed a moment of silence in his honour.  Tanker Jones flew the RC flag at half mast:

...and fittingly Andrew's son John skippered Berserk and sailed past us with the flag of England on the backstay:

Very touching.

After about 5 minutes, the wind did come in and the course was posted as 7 short.

At our start, we had boats all around us, and Marauder (Kirby 25) pushed us over the line, so we had to turn and restart.  Good experience for Melissa on the helm; a year ago she would have been panicking in the traffic. Everyone was running the line, so we could not see the pin.

We did alright despite having to go back and restart.  We were right in the pack of Sharks.

On a reaching leg we tried to go above Mickey because we had some speed with the genoa pole out to leeward.  Andrew on Mickey would not allow it; another good lesson for Melissa on the helm.

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Yellow circle is where we tried to overtake Mickey, and YES were were over the line early.

Fly Buoy (T-Bird) had a great race and was finished and in the bar before we even got to the dock.

We finished third across the line and third in corrected time.

We took a great shot of Chiloe (C&C 115):

... and they took a great shot of us (thanks Tony!)

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Another great night on the water.

Trip Odometer: 7.91
Avg Speed: 3.1 knots
Max Speed: 5.8 knots
Moving Time: 02:30:00

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