1990 Canadian Sailcraft CS34 Shoal Draft
Sail #8268

1982 Catalina 22 Fin Keel
Sail #10506

1994 MUMM 36 ACE
Sail # 29206

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

C22 Whitby Race Night

It was cold and raining and the race was delayed because everyone was in the bar (sailors!).  First start was 20 mins late and had a general recall as too many boats were over the line early.  They changed the course from 8short to 7short as the wind had shifted.

Winds were forecast to be 5-8 knots from the SE.

John is in BC, Melissa was out.  Got a guy from work Chris who is also taking sailing lessons at Whitby Yacht Club to come out.  I also played hockey with him a couple of year ago.

We tacked at the start around the committee boat with less than a minute to our start.  Hardly any wind, and probably a 2 knots current was pushing us into the committee boat.  Had to fend off and the wind finally pushed us to the start line blocking several boats behind us (sorry Berserk!)

Just enough wind to get the boat moving.  We were 3rd of 4 boats at the windward mark, improved to 2nd after the next leg.  We could not catch Cheekey Monkey on the downwind leg, so we tried to avoid dead downwind and find some wind.   On the final leg I purposely went out a little farther to try and find more wind.  Went a little too far and finished 3rd just behind Iris the Catalina 25, and 5 minutes behind Cheekey Monkey the Shark.  Don't think we caught the Shark on corrected time.

Chris did well on the helm.

Melissa is really starting to understand racing and sailing terms!

Man did it rain as we went upstairs for a drink.

Trip Odometer: 9.44 miles
Moving Average: 3.3 knots
Moving Time: 02:52:00

Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2013/20130731.kmz

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