Wednesday 22nd November 2017

With a SW breeze on the water, not too strong.. around 9-10 knots with puffs at around 12 knots for the greater part.. Opting for a wall start... We had to duck below a larger class one boat as they fought amongst themselves... still giving us a reasonable lane.. once around the main breakwater the wind dropped off and the sea was a bit lumpy making it difficult to make good way dodging the kelp.. our main competitor was breathing down our necks.. we played a few shifts but it took us into lighter conditions and then we had to dip below a few larger boats in the process... at which point our main competition skillfully worked their way around this... and was able to pass and make good distance ahead of us rounding the weather mark well before us.. giving them a good gap.. the rest of the race was sublime... with us finishing second on corrected time, which we were still happy with. A pleasant evening sailing on the bay.. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Arran, Antonio and guess Di...