Got down to the club after 5pm, and the wind was howling. Peter was saying it was 15 knots, with gusts in the mid 20s from the SW.
John came with the teenage daughter Madeline. She did great!
WindFinder was saying the winds were going to lighten as the night went on, so we went out with just the main, and tried out the boat in the wind and waves. We hoisted the #1, and the boat was powered up, but not overwelmed.
Course was 4 medium, as expected.
We practiced a couple of tacks with Madeline so she could understand what was happening before the start.
We had a good start, but the waves would kill our speed every 4th or 5th wave. At the windward mark, we had to duck several starboard tack boats and lost a bunch of time. We could have tacked in front of them before the mark, but didn't want any troubles.
The winds sure lightened and the waves took over. Very surprised they didn't shorted the race; 3 hours on the water is too long as it is getting darker sooner. We finished just before the 2 hour race curfew. We were 4th to finish and may have caught one of the boats in front on corrected time.
There was an AWESOME sunset, and the moon was almost full; very bright.
Best of all Madeline didn't feed the fish!
Update: we came in 4th of 5 boats
Kinda pissed that we had to majorly duck a Catalina 25 Iris who finished before us and was taking down their sails. UPDATE: Chris said this week that his tiller had broken off the rudder near the end of the race!
Trip Odometer: 13.30 miles
Moving Avg: 4.4 knots
Moving Time: 02:59:00
Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20120829.kmz
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