My Dad's working out of town this week so it was John, Chris and me (Melissa).
BEAUTIFUL sunny evening, with wind to boot! A rarity this summer.
We decided to put up the #1 jib and racing main. Course was a 1 medium. We had NO BEER.
We had our best start of the season, crossing the line right at the gun. For a couple of minutes we were keeping up with Cheeky Monkey... what a thrill!
Around Mark 1, John sacrificed his Tilley Hat.
We kept our speed around 4 to 5 knots + throughout the entire race, except for the downwind leg, which we lost a lot of time on. On the final leg from 5 to 9, we tacked too early a couple of times and had a few "surprise tacks" due to wind shifting... it was an eventful leg!
We finished, thirsty and Maclaysless, 4th of 7 boats and agreed it was one of the best races of the year so far! Though not quite as eventful as the last time we sailed without my Dad...
On the way back in we looked for John's Tilley Hat, with no success. On the plus side, the sunset was lovely.
Back in the club I kept up the tradition of a beer being spilled every race night.
4th of 7 boats in corrected time.
I will get the track info off the GPS this week.
Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2014/20140827.kmz
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