Windfinder was saying chance of rain in the dinner hour and 8 knot west winds with gusts to 14.
At around 5:30pm, major rain and winds swept through the area. There were also several developing Cumulonimbus clouds, so we rigged up the heavy #1 and the racing main. My thought was if we get a gust front, I didn't want to shred the light #1 (our best sail).
Just John and I, going out the channel the threatening clouds dissipated, so we swapped the heavy #1 for the light #1. There certainly wasn't 8 knots of wind out there, perhaps 1-2 with a leftover 2ft swell. The race committee wisely postponed the race for half an hour, and we started a 4M course with about 6 knots of wind from the SW.
Not a bad start, but the winds were diminishing towards the windward mark, and we were 4th around it. On the second leg, we gained some ground on the fleet in front of us, but alas the winds were diminishing, and the race committee shortened the course.
Winds COMPLETELY died and came back lightly from the NW. It took forever to get to the leeward mark. On the final upwind leg on a beam, we were able to get the boat going over 4 knots.
We were 4th of 5 across the line, not too far behind the others.
UPDATE: we won the race on corrected time.
On the way back in the channel Time 1, a Northern 29 was stuck in the channel without wind or motor. We towed them to their dock. I WAS worried that the 2HP would not be enough for the boat, but it is absolutely fine!!!
We didn't get back to the dock until 9:30pm.
Trip Odometer: 9.00 miles
Moving Average: 3.3 knots
Moving Time: 03:08:00
Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2013/20130717.kmz
NOTE: GPS batteries died, so not a full track.
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