Double Handed Race Sat 17th Jan 2015

A good breeze on the bay, with a W blowing at the start. Yolo getting a good start and quickly away. The first leg was a fast fetch making for Daeyang Family.. Rounding in a good position, a gybe at the mark and off to Milnerton.. The leg was very tight with all the boats opting not to put their kites up.. Winds were touching 20plus on a few occations. Halfway down Yolo opted to give the kite a go.. Good hoist and went tearing off at good speeds. Unfortunately could not lay the full angle so needed to drop early and tight reach in to the mark.. which meant no real advantage but fun was to be had anyway. After Milnerton a tight leg to Woodbridge then around Woodbridge for another leg to Landfall,  Then back to Woodbringe.. Wind was much lighter, used the Zero.. again probably did not make much of a difference on this leg.. We could See a SE ahead and transitioned nicely.. Then around Woodbridge and kept with the SE as long as we could.. boats behind us would be able to stay on it longer.. We rounded the NO:8 mark in a good position but the convergence was a slow one, with puffs coming through which would get you to the next position.. In the end, we got going and got a second on corrected time, which we were happy with. The race was almost three hours which was great as we got to spend a good time sailing on the bay. Aboard Were: Dale and Ian.