First sail back on Yolo since the Cape to Rio Race. The boat had just completed her "clean up" and ready to go. Aboard were Dale and Ian again.
Nice South Easter across the whole bay, flat seas.. not too strong.. just right.
Yolo got a fair start on the weather side of the line.. making for Harken rounding just behind Scarlet Sun. After the rounding gybed and immediately hoisted the kite. Most of the fleet continued on Starboard for a while. Yolo settled down quickly and had a nice sail to Dayang Family mark.. with the conditions being lighter.. due to the good rounding and the quick hoist Yolo was still in the frey.. and managed to round in third place just behind the bigger boats. On the upwind Ylo played the shifts to try and keep up with the bigger boats, while still falling back she managed to stay ahead of the larger boats that were slowly catching.. Back around Harken, Yolo then hoisted the kite but the sheet had flogged loose on the hoist.. so opted to drop the kite for the final leg to the finish(no one else used a kite). Yolo won the race in the end.. A nice time margin made of of the extra kite work and working the shifts on the upwind to try and stay in... Nice to be back on the water.
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