C22 Whitby

John had his business partner Mark from BC down for a sail.  Mark has a Catalina 22 in the Salt Spring Island Sailing Club in Ganges Harbour.

Winds were forcast 4 to 6 knots from the north, full bolt rope main and light #1.

We were late getting to the start, motor sailing to the race course.  The GPS said 10 mins to the start, and we heard the gun go off, so we stopped the motor to avoid being DQed.  Took us 15 mins to cross the line.

Winds were actually from the west and the course was 3 medium.

We sailed a good race, and were catching some of the boats in our fleet, but by the second windward mark, the wind died, and the current took over.   We had to tack 6 times to get around mark 3:

Grrrrrr!!!

After that fiasco, we were rolling downwind wing on wing at 3 knots, looked at the GPS, and determined that it would take another hour to finish the remainer of that leg and the final upwind leg. 

We decided to DNF and go in.

Trip Odometer: 10.92 miles
Moving Avg: 4.1 knots
Moving Time: 02:40:27

Google Earth track: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20120613.kmz