WED NITE -13 Feb 2013

With a Westerly wind runnign a bit out of the ordinary.. with 20 knots in the starting area.. a difficult call on the genoa.. but in the end, a bit of local knowledge and downwind legs prompted the call for the J2.. a lot of the fleet had much smaller jibs up.. It was one of those days where one gets a perfect start in a pack.. going at full pace on the gun.. Within minutes we were able to settle down, were to weather with clear breeze and was able to command the fleet. Already we felt our gain to win the race was had at the start... the beat was tricky, we again were able to read it correctly which increased our lead. followed by two downwind legs with the wind just aft of the beam.. Due to the start and the part of the upwond(and most cometitors with small jibs up going into lighter breeze) we were able to pull out and win nicely under handicap.. Aboard were: Ian, Phillipa, Sarel, Gordon Kling, Sophie and friend and Dale. Boat performed well.