WED NITE 2nd December 2015

With almost no wind on the start line, coming from the East and a SE windline to the South, the race was started. A struggle to get any speed.. Boats on the bridge(opposite to us) side of the line seemed to have gained an advantage as they had slightly more wind and first to the wind line.. with Yolo struggling in the initial stages, once in the wind, it was game on.. Nice firm SE.. warm wind, flat seas.. great.. Got up to the early 20's before Paarden Island.. On the downwind to Milnerton the wind picked up and touched in the early 30's and then died down to around 20 for the rest of the race.. Yolo made up some distance on the downwind with the freshening breeze, Clean gybe at Milnerton and a fast fetch to a laid mark, followed by a good well played beat back to Harken mark where lots of gains were made... and then final leg to the finish with the finish line on the wind line.. but we had enough speed to make it.. Yolo came second in the race and overall 3rd in the series... which is probably quite concerning as she did not sail three races of which only one was counted as a discard, yet came third.. Which means other boats weren't regular and the fleet size is to small... Hopefully this will be sorted out for the second half of the season. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Cath.