DOUBLE HANDED RACE 14 September 2016

Last race of the Double handed series for the season.. Nice 11 knots in the start area with flat seas.. Yolo getting a "neutral" start... and working to the puffs to keep the speed up, wind rapidly died down to 6 knots and a slight swell started to pull though as the boats made way into the bay and closer to the first mark Landfall, closing in on the mark, there was a wind shift that bode well with a touch more breeze, once around the mark, kite up and a reach back to Paarden Eiland.. the wind was patchy, so worked hard to keep the boat going. There was an incredible amount of Jelly fish in the water.. The same as we have encountered before when sailing close to the Namibian coastline, but unsual for Table Bay. As we got closer to Paarden Eiland the winds started to pull through a bit, making a nice approach.. We had by this time, taken out quite some distance in the fleet having been fortunate to have stayed in breeze most of the time.. Tenacity was the only boat close to us, who rounded shortly after we rounded PE. The course was shortened so just a beat to the finish.. Which was good sailing with sufficient breeze. We crossed the line first and first on corrected time. Yolo Scored 4 firsts in the series.. thus first overall. Aboard were; Dale and Ian.