MUMM36 ZAMBONI AYC Ahmen Race

We continued our commitment to do as much racing as we can before the end of the season.

Ahmen series race 5 hosted by AYC, is a short day race around marks in Humber Bay.

When Mark and I got there, the boys had moved ZAMBONI over to the shore for a pump out and leave some of the heavy weather sails on shore:

We also washed down the decks, and vacuumed out the bilges.

Going out we passed another CS34 called Empty Pockets:

Lots of wind (12-13 knots before the start) so #2:

When we got out to the start area, the committee boat was another CS34 called Pagan from AYC:

Same colours as Still Time

We had a bad start misjudging the wind, and started about one minute late (there weren't any boats behind us!).

Winds were light 5-6 knots from the NE, making it a downwind start, so we hoisted Big Blue after crossing the line.  

The first mark was a mess, as we had three boats converging, including an another boat from the previous start that was on our hip restricting our ability to manouver.  The next leg was a close reach, so we had to do a gybe followed immediately by a headsail hoist and spin douse.

 

The boat pulled nicely with a full main and light #1: we passed several boats in our fleet catching up to the leaders.  

We saw that wind was dying inshore, so we stayed offshore and were leading the fleet with 1.2 miles to the finish.  Wind lightened to under 4 knots, then died completely.  

Very frustrating race with winds swirling around.  Hoist spin; raise headsail; douse; repeat.

We saw Tal Wolf's Aloha 30 Knot Faster with new owner Lisa:

Lisa has sailed on ZAMBONI with us several times.

Winds filled in nicely from the NE but were were the last to get it and finished DFL:

AHMEN 5 - Start 5: (Spin 1) Fleet - 09/18/21

Start: Start 5, Finishes: Finish time, Time: 12:00:00, Course: 503, Wind dir: SW, Ave wind: 5

Rank	Fleet	Boat	SailNo	HelmName	Club	Rating	Start	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Points
1	Start 5: (Spin 1)	Carpe Ventus	253	Denys Jones	NYC	79	12:00:00	14:37:39	2:37:39	3:05:52	1.0
2	Start 5: (Spin 1)	Infringer	52321	David McFadgen	MCC	64	12:00:00	14:37:29	2:37:29	3:11:39	2.0
3	Start 5: (Spin 1)	Act II	54367	Trevor Bender	MCC	63	12:00:00	14:40:14	2:40:14	3:15:25	3.0
4	Start 5: (Spin 1)	Xoomer Xpress	146	Adam Farkas	NYC	63	12:00:00	14:43:44	2:43:44	3:19:42	4.0
5	Start 5: (Spin 1)	Hooligan II	52919	Bruce Pierce	MCC	39	12:00:00	14:35:51	2:35:51	3:20:26	5.0
6	Start 5: (Spin 1)	Zamboni	29206	Kris Davis	NYC	42	12:00:00	14:46:57	2:46:57	3:33:16	6.0

Sorry no GPS track!