C22 Whitby First Race

Raced home from work and got the shrouds tensioned up. 
Put all the tubes to hide the turnbuckles on.

Wind was howling 20+ constant with gusts in the 30s from the WNW.

Took the time to rig the main with a double reef and the storm jib.
Wade helped me finish tightening down the bolts on the port jib track.

2HP motor pushed us no problem to the race course. 
Course was 3Medium (3-5-7-3-7-9).

UPDATE: Since I was in Holland for the presentation on the updated sailing instructions (SIs), I missed the fact that they changed the courses for this year.  Looking at the 2013 SIs, we actually sailed a 3 Long!!!

3M is 3-5-7-9-7-9
3L is 3-5-7-3-7-9

Oh well it didn't matter in the end!

We were overpowered during the puffs, but PERFECT amount of sail.
Winds started dying on the 2nd last leg.  We dropped storm jib in favour of the light #1 and shook out the reefs for a full main.  Kept the boat moving close to 6 knots the entire time.

The new deck organizers and cabintop winches made a world of a difference.  For the first time I was able to tension the luff off the headsail, especially after a sail change.  Shaking the reef out was also much easier.

We were one of the last boats out there, but got the gun to take line honour in our division.

Poor boat was nuked.
2" of water on the cabin floor.
John's stuff got soaked; we were taking waves over the cabintop, and water was leaking between the poptop and the cabin.

Awesome sailing; sore, tired, and satisfied.

Trip Odometer: 16.40
Moving Average: 5.8 knots (WOW)
Moving Time: 02:50:00

Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2013/20130515.kmz