1990 Canadian Sailcraft CS34 Shoal Draft
Sail #8268

1982 Catalina 22 Fin Keel
Sail #10506

1994 MUMM 36 ACE
Sail # 29206

Saturday, September 18, 2021

MUMM36 ZAMBONI AYC Ahmen Race

We continued our commitment to do as much racing as we can before the end of the season.

Ahmen series race 5 hosted by AYC, is a short day race around marks in Humber Bay.

When Mark and I got there, the boys had moved ZAMBONI over to the shore for a pump out and leave some of the heavy weather sails on shore:


We also washed down the decks, and vacuumed out the bilges.

Going out we passed another CS34 called Empty Pockets:


Lots of wind (12-13 knots before the start) so #2:


When we got out to the start area, the committee boat was another CS34 called Pagan from AYC:

Same colours as Still Time

We had a bad start misjudging the wind, and started about one minute late (there weren't any boats behind us!).

Winds were light 5-6 knots from the NE, making it a downwind start, so we hoisted Big Blue after crossing the line.  


The first mark was a mess, as we had three boats converging, including an another boat from the previous start that was on our hip restricting our ability to manouver.  The next leg was a close reach, so we had to do a gybe followed immediately by a headsail hoist and spin douse.
 
The boat pulled nicely with a full main and light #1: we passed several boats in our fleet catching up to the leaders.  


We saw that wind was dying inshore, so we stayed offshore and were leading the fleet with 1.2 miles to the finish.  Wind lightened to under 4 knots, then died completely.  

Very frustrating race with winds swirling around.  Hoist spin; raise headsail; douse; repeat.



We saw Tal Wolf's Aloha 30 Knot Faster with new owner Lisa:


Lisa has sailed on ZAMBONI with us several times.


Winds filled in nicely from the NE but were were the last to get it and finished DFL:

AHMEN 5 - Start 5: (Spin 1) Fleet - 09/18/21

Start: Start 5, Finishes: Finish time, Time: 12:00:00, Course: 503, Wind dir: SW, Ave wind: 5
RankFleetBoatSailNoHelmNameClubRatingStartFinishElapsedCorrectedPoints
1Start 5: (Spin 1)Carpe Ventus253Denys JonesNYC7912:00:0014:37:392:37:393:05:521.0
2Start 5: (Spin 1)Infringer52321David McFadgenMCC6412:00:0014:37:292:37:293:11:392.0
3Start 5: (Spin 1)Act II54367Trevor BenderMCC6312:00:0014:40:142:40:143:15:253.0
4Start 5: (Spin 1)Xoomer Xpress146Adam FarkasNYC6312:00:0014:43:442:43:443:19:424.0
5Start 5: (Spin 1)Hooligan II52919Bruce PierceMCC3912:00:0014:35:512:35:513:20:265.0
6Start 5: (Spin 1)Zamboni29206Kris DavisNYC4212:00:0014:46:572:46:573:33:166.0

Sorry no GPS track!






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