Winds were forecast to be 11 knots from the SW and diminish. Course was 4 medium.
John and I got out before 6pm, full main and light #1, and it was blowing over 12 knots as we could see whitecaps. Too much sail, but I had left my #2 and #3 in the car, so we had to go with it. By the time the start gun went off, the winds were down, so we had the perfect amount of sail.
Good start but the waves were about 2ft high and it was difficult to get any speed close hauled from the line, so we cracked off the sheets with some twist, and fell off to power through the waves. Payed off as we had a good upwind leg and beat the two Catalina 25s to the first mark.
On the 3rd leg there was much more wind, so we decided to go a little further to make sure we made the next mark. The Catalina 25 Y-Knot tacked earlier than us and beat us to the next mark. We definately went out too far on that tack, as we were on a close reach to the mark.
We finished neck and neck with Y-Knot and the two red Sharks, who all give us time.
UPDATE: we took first in this race!
Trip Odometer: 12.90 miles
Moving Avg: 4.1 knots
Moving Time : 03:09:18
Google Earth track: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20120620.kmz
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