WED Nite Racing -5th December 2012

Typical Wednesday night weather for this time of the year. A Strong South Easter was blowing. Nonetheless the Race Officer decided to proceed. He set a different course with a downwind start and two laid bouys, taking is in at Granger bay for a part of the race. The winds were in the high 20's at the start with gusts in the thirties... This remained the whole race with the return beat mainly at around 30. We got a good start but the later starters blanketed us, taking some time for us to get clear breeze again.. After this we sailed our own race leaving them to fight it out. Allowing us to sail a more direct course to the leeward bouy.. We then had a good beat into Granger Bay, rouding the mark there and then a sail parrelel to the breakwater and the final beat to the finish. All in all the boat performed well for the conditions. We "straightened" a reef bullhorn on the tack.. The highest wind speed noted was after the race while trasiting Ben Schoeman Dock.. at 37knots. We were please to have raced, giving us the opportunity of testing the boat in those conditions. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Sarel, Peter, Alex Cassar(newbie aboard) We can first in our class.