WED Night Race - 27 Jan 2016

With the first scheduled race being blown out.. this was the first race to be sailed. Conditions were good on the start with a nice SW with 12 knots... Getting a fair start and immediately tacked to lay Landfall mark, as the leg progressed conditions headed for us, forcing us eventually to tack.. and try and consolidate and then a tack again, unfortunately behind a boat that was hell bent on pinching.. costing them and us. Round Landfall and gybed away to create a separation.. and then a gybe back and a lay for Milnerton.. Shortly after milnerton the wind died off.. with us trying to keep the momentum up.. lots of boats started to retire, but we chose to endure and position ourselves for the new breeze which eventually came. With us slowly moving again and sailed via Harken Mark to the finish.. In the end we scored a first in our class.. mainly due to persistence.. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Cath, Sieger and Andrea