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.