Skippers meeting at 8pm, around dozen boats.
Crewed on Sumac with Peter, Mike, Doug, and Mark.
Got out about half an hour early, to find Wind Dancer from Newcastle and Galaxsea out also.
It was like we were in Newcastle again!
6-12 knot winds from the NW, PERFECT for beating the windward mark off the Leslie Street Spit.
We were 2nd around the mark behind Road Trip.
Wind had swung to the west for the spinnaker run back.
Had trouble getting the spinnaker set as the top of the sail was twisted around the turtle.
Took us about 15 minutes to get her flying.
We finished 2nd to Road Trip, who finished about 2 hours before us.
We finished 3rd in corrected time:
http://wyc.ca/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=84
Not bad, as the winds were not too favourable to us, as on the way back we sailed into a large wind hole for about anour where we were only doing 3 knots with spinnaker up. We could see the wind picking up behind us favouring the rest of the fleet.
Congratulations to Newcastle's Wind Dancer winning the white sail division.
Trip Odometer: 60.09 nm
Moving Avg: 5.2
Moving Time: 11:38.04
Google Earth track: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/20110625.kmz
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