About 10 knots of wind from the SW.
Full main and 110.
We had a good start, but noticed that as we hardened up, the jib halyard needed to be tensioned. There were really bad scallops in the headsail. Tried tensioning during a tack, but couldn't do it. Ran the halyard to the starboard (windward) winch and tied to grind it in.
The winch broke off its mount!
This winch was on its last legs. It was getting difficult to grind in. I had never serviced my winches.
We withdrew from the race. A DNF is better than a DNC!
We went out for a nice sail with main alone.
Trip Odometer: 6.7 miles
Moving Avg: 4.8 knots
Moving Time: 01:23:52
Google Earth track: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/20110720.kmz
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