PINTO RUSSEL CRUISE 26 April 2016

A novel event on the Calender, on a the public holiday.. Something different for Team YOLO. Format was a race to collect points with various options which gave different point scores, but if you arrive late at the anchorage you get penalized. With the light fickle conditions, Yolo elected to sail the direct course.. with a large swell running and light winds it took around 2.5 hours to reach the Anchorage at Robben Island. Yolo was the first in, mainly as they read the wind shifts well and used the swell in the right places... All the boats anchored off Murray Bay... There was a pursuit race back which started at anchor.. Not sure everyone had their times synced correctly.. as some boats left at odd times.. but this was cruising.. Yolo got underway and quickly realized that there was no wind beyond Robben Island and called in to indicate that she will be motoring. the rest of the fleet followed suit... Arriving at the breakwater in the dark with some rain starting to fall. It was a great event, something different. We would encourage more sailors to try sail this event. Pics supplied by Pinto Russel. It is not often you see Yolo in cruising mode at anchor. Aboard were: Dale, Ian and Sieger.