A Nice NW on the bay with about 20knots blowing and a lumpy seaway, Overcast conditions with the odd raincloud..
Yolo had aboard some guests.. so took it conservatively... and ended up being very late for the start.. Being at the back, we could see ahead a ship making it's final approach for port and realized that this would be an obstacle later tacked off early and made the long beat for Landfall, Nicely powered up and working the waves, Yolo caught up.. together with reading the shifts... Coming onto the mark there was a 40 footer on starboard to our lee that was pinching and a Simonis on Port.. The 40 footer could not lay the mark and tacked with very little speed and essentially stalled on the new tack and the Simonis came through just below them... Although on Starboard, we needed to avoid a collision.. and quickly depowered and sailed below them.. and immediately rounded the mark.. In a proper race.. they would have to do a penalty each.. Thereafter a downwind.. and a beat to Number 4 and finish.. Yolo had worked to the front of her class...
Aboard were: Dale, Sieger, Evan, Guests Loauy HAbib, Geoff Grills, Yuri(the Russian, but not that one).,
Boat performed well.
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