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silversailor
Admiral Joined: 25 May 2005 Location: South Haven, MI Status: Offline Points: 1021 |
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The good news is that we had a fabulous start. First over the line in our division and we held that lead for about 2 hours. With the wind blowing 18-20 knots we took a single reef in the main and flew at 8.6-9.2 knots. Remember, we are sailing with stock sails (100% self tacker and main plus an asym spinnaker left over from my prior Pearson 34!). However, when the winds died we were at a disadvantage. (The Chicago to Macinac Race was run at the same time. They recorded the slowest results ever.)
I soon found out the difference between cruising and racing: racing requires that you sail no matter what the conditions. To make a long story short, we finished last in our division and next to last overall (on corrected times using the PHRF system) but, as my daughter-in-law says, it was my best finish ever! This was my 1st distance race (200 miles) and the 1st for 2 of our crew. Only one crew member had a few distance races under his belt. However, we'll be back next year. Legacy, our 370e will be better than ever, and her skipper and crew will have more experience. Look for us to score within top 3 of our division. |
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Silversailor
South Haven, MI USA S/V Legacy 2010 Andrews 28 |
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les40
Commander Joined: 20 April 2007 Location: Singapore Status: Offline Points: 93 |
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silver sailor,
better luck next time!!
you'll get there eventually.
cheers
leslie
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Alex Faber
Captain Joined: 11 June 2006 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 204 |
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Nice story Alan! Thank you.
Light weather sailing is something most cruisers don't practice, they just start the iron sail. But I learned that it really can be fun. On my first Fastnet race it went the same way as with you, but luckily I had a very experienced crewmember on board. As soon he woke up, he started doing things with the sails and with us that amazed the rest of us so much that we called him the wizard for the rest of the race. We were stuck with about 50 other yachts (I suppose also all cruisers) at Lands End with what we considered as no wind. But after his adjustments we just sailed away from the pack. From everybody on board our boat and the other boats the mouth fell open. |
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