Winds were 12 knots from the SE at the start.
Full main and light #1.
Course was shortened 7 short (triangle).
Four boats:
- Still Time
- Gruntled
- Cheeky Monkey
- Iris
About half way to the first mark, the wind completely died.
GPS was measuring 0.0 knots, no steerage, sails FLAPPING in the 2ft lumps.
Windex was doing circles!
There was a CS36 coming out of the harbour under full sail just cooking along, so I pointed the boat to get to the wind line as soon as possible. I left Gruntled and Iris behind and chased Cheeky Monkey to the windward mark. Wind had dropped down to the 5 to 6 knot range from the east.
Finished right with Gruntled about 3 mintues behind Cheeky Monkey.
Probably good for a 2nd place finish on corrected time.
Trip Odometer: 9.19 miles
Moving Avg: 3.9 knots
Moving Time: 02:22:00
Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20121003.kmz
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