Neil, Peter, and I: winds were from the SW about 6 knots, full main and #1. Course was N-W-S-N.
We got out and tried a couple of different points of sail, and noticed that the wind pressure was less as we went into shore, so we decided to start mid line on a starboard tack going offshore.
We had a great start, got the boat moving at around 4 knots, pointing slightly higher than Wind Dancer, who was also on a starboard tack at the pin of the startline. Wind Dancer was going slightly faster than us, but was the windward boat and had to keep clear of us. Since we were pointing slightly higher, they decided to tack away. Anybody who went towards shore got into a wind hole. Four boats got caught in this hole after the start.
We pondered shortening the race to 2 legs, but the wind started filling in.
Cajun had cracked off the wind for speed, and beat us by 6 minutes to the first mark. The winds were diminishing by the 2nd mark, but we were gaining on Cajan and closing the gap to within 4 minutes. After passing this mark, we pointed slighly higher than the finish line. Cajun had cracked off for speed in the diminishing winds, and sailed into the wind hole at the finish. We kept our boat speed close to four knots all the way to the mark, and crossed the line within 20 seconds of Cajun.
Definate win for Santeria; first in a while.
We sailed around under main alone for about another hour taking the times of the boats finishing.
Trip Odometer: 8.52 miles
Moving Avg: 3.1 knots
Moving Time: 02:46:20
Google Earth track: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20120710.kmz
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