DOUBLE HANDED RACE-Sat 22nd June 2013

A Chilly S/SE wind of around 11-14knots at the start line.. 20 boats still made it out for the race.Yolo got a good start with clean winds... made for Paarden Eiland, Rounded just behind the bigger boats and immedfiately hoisted the kite. After settling down, gybed in around 15knots of breeze and made ofr Deyang Family Mark. There was a huge swell running SW to NW.. with us trying to punch into it.. with kite up.. which made it difficult to go too deep and kept the kite collapsing as we hit the swells. Eventually we gybed and made for the mark on Stb tack.. with a neat drop just before the mark. It was then a beat back to Number 10.. Although the breeze was seldom above 14 the swells would catch the boat at angles and make her heel excessively.. on the opposite tack the swell would be behind allowing short surfs on the beat.. nice technical stuff. Towards Number 10 the breeze increased to late teens with a few gusts just on 20. ONce Round Number 10, kite went up again..Albeit the boat in our class ahead and behind us chose not to use the kite.. We did two gybes on the downwind... with another neat drop at the leeward.. and a beat to Paarden Eiland. We read the wind well on the beat... NEaring Paarden Eiland it looked quite tight for the final leg so we prepped and hoisted the Code Zero once be began this leg.. It was a good race. We came second on corrected time and first overall for the series. Aboard Were: Dale and Ian. Boat performed well.

Saturday 15th June 2013

The plan was to do a social sail. Winds were very light. In the end it was decided to motor out to watch the youth regatta and thereafter a motor through the Waterfront. A good opportunity to be aboard and consider some of the little jobs that will need attention should YOLO enter the Cape to Rio Race. Aboard Were: Dale and Ian.

Portugal Day Race -8th June 2013

Conditions were Probbably best described as SW, with shifts ont he left side of the bay. lumpy seas.. conditions from around 12 knots with gusts of around 25knots.. This was a pursuit race, we got off the line nice and fast.. and sailed to a laid mark jusst past Moullie Point Light, the seas were lumpy and condtions light at stages giving the benifit to the longer waterline yachts.. Once around the weather mark, we hoisted our kite and made for Woodbridge mark, in the early part of the leg we were able to pick up a few surfs from the swells, but unfortunately we snagged some kelp on the way, which took us some time to clear. The rest of the race was quite mundane with us being chased by the larger boats and us trying to overtake the smaller boats.. In the end we came 10th over the line and third in our class. It was a great race, well attended given the conditions. The boat performed well. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, MArk D, Sarel, Sieger and guest John O Conner.