ROUND ROBBEN ISLAND RACE 14th Oct 2017

A NW breeze blowing, but had not been blowing long enough for a sea to build.. winds were in the range of 16-20knots for most of the racing. Being a bit light on the rail sailing with only 4 aboard, making upwind a bit more technical... Working our way up the beat, watching and playing the shifts, eventually rounding the island behind a well known sailor who seemingly kept pinching to hold us... we allowed this... and then a big bear away from Yolo blasting 4 boat lengths ahead through their lee in 30 seconds before they figured it out. a fetch around the island and once sure we were clear a kite hoist... the swell was perfect giving the odd surf... with us slowly catching those ahead except the lead boat who was matching our speeds so we were unable to close in meaningfully.. We gybed twice on the downwind. The sailing was great, both upwind and downwind for the day.. Overall 2nd.. which we were very happy with. Aboard: Dale, Ian, Sieger and Denis.