John/Chris/Melissa said they learned a lot about the boat by figuring things out themselves instead of me doing it or showing them how to.
At the dock the NNW winds were registering a constant 13 knots with gusts in the 20s. We rigged up the old main with a reef and the #3.
Melissa, John, and I headed out to mark 9 and the course was set to 1 LONG.
Perfect amount of sail, got the boat moving between 5 and 6 knots most of the time.
Good start, but were in a lot of boats wind shadow, so at the first opportunity, we tacked away. Upwind and reaching, we had enough sail, but lacked enough for the downwind leg(s). Nearing the start of the last leg, the Sharks had already finished and the winds were lightening, so we shook the reef out of the main and swapped the #3 for the #2. This was a bit of a mess as I didn't attach the sheets well enough and we lost control of the #2 after dropping the #3.
We finished last in our class of 5 boats, but came in fourth in corrected time.
The top three got finished before the wind died.
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| Daughter Melissa and me on the downwind leg |
Great night on the water!
Moving Average: 4.5 knots
Moving Time: 02:40:00
Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2014/20140723.kmz
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