Newcastle on Santeria

Got out to Newcastle and Wind Dancer had just come in from doing the crewr man over board drill for the upcoming Lake Ontario 300.  Kevin said winds were varying from 8 to 18 knots.  We decided to do full sail and ride the puffs out.

Course was 5 legs: N-W-S-N-W-N

Winds were as Kevin said from the SW.

We had four on Santeria:

• Neil (helm)
• Peter (jib trim and ballast)
• Brian (main)
• Me (pit and grinder and scorekeeper)

We really needed four guys to keep Santeria on her feet in the puffs.
For the most post we had dropped the traveller way down to depower the main.
Brian got really good at dumping the main in the puffs and sheeting in for power.

We had the boat going over 6 knots the entire course.
On the downwind leg were were surfing waves at over 9 knots.
Awesome ride!

We came second accross the line to Wind Dancer, and were 50 seconds behind her in corrected time.

Trip Odometer: 8.91 miles
Moving Avg: 5.2 knots!
Moving Time: 01:42:33
Max Speed: 10.1 knots (from GPS!)

Google Earth track: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20120717.kmz