10-03-2011
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We had an OK start.. Late, but at speed and in clear air. Wish the non-starting boats would stay out of the starting area.... We were doing real well on the first leg, sitting on the hip of Grayling, the Herreshoff 47. We decided to duck the container ship, and wound up low and slow. I still don't know how to make the boat go fast on that point of sail.. We got stuck there for quite a while, and the current wound up taking us north of the Pilot Point Mark (The mark was about 1/2 mile north of where I was expecting it.. Need to check my GPS coordinates).
We made up time on the reach to Scatchet Head. There was about 2 knots of current at the mark. Most of the fleet continued East, but we went West, as there is almost always a hole to the South of Cultus Bay, no matter which way the wind is blowing. We stayed on that tack for about 5 minutes, and we laid the mark. We had a nice, fun, fast last leg. Up to 6.5 knots at time.
I was a proud dad, sitting on the rail, while my daughter drove across the finish line. She drove the start, the marks, and most of the rest of the way.
We made up some time on Grayling, but we corrected out around a minute behind them.
We wound up 5th in our division, which is just fine.
We discovered some things about our boat as well.. And were reminded that we have lots more to learn.
It was a great day. Thanks for coming out.
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David
1987 CS 36 Merlin "Kyrie"
"They drove a dump truck full of money up to my house. I'm not made of stone!" -Krusty the Clown
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