Wednesday 20th MArch 2013.. Flag Officers Race

This year the club put a lot of effort into the Flag Officers race.. working on the basis that the top two scores in each class would count.. there would be three classes and it would be a spinnaker event. Yolo got off to a reasonable start but had one of the taileneders on the previous class giving off bad wind.. once settled down, Yolo got the the weather mark and hoisted kite and made for the next mark. Unfortunately they had a Farr 38 to their weather taking their wind for the full leg. At the leeward mark rounded just behind the Farr 38(who had the inside) and tacked away.. which gave a benifit. Reaching the weather mark on Starboard had team members coming across on Port and waved them through. Good kite led down to Milnerton getting good speeds but due to a slow hoist, needed to drop early to make the height. Thereafter a noce beat back to Harken and then to the finish. Yolo came third in her Class and the Commodores team came thirds overall. This was a well supported event. Winds were appprox 17knots.. nice seas, a great night on the water. Aboard were: Ian,Sarel, Dale, Gordon and Sieger, Boat performed well. No problems.

Wednesday Night Sail-13th February 2013

Last Wednesday night of the series and the wind was up.. Everyone held back at their mooring expecting racing to be called off, which it was not. So people made their way out on the water with reefed mains and smaller jibs.. the wind was gusting upto 35 at times.. Yolo too it conservately.. starting but quickly getting into the lead of our class and then holding off the distance, the sea conditions were quite flat making it really nice sailing.. It was a bit gusty in the start area but the rest of the course was great to sail in.. In the end Yolo won this race and secured her win overall in her class for the season. Aboard were: Ian, Sieger, Sarel, Gordon, Dale.. Boat performed well, one damaged mainsail slide and a slight rip by a slide..