Monday, March 26, 2018

Fin De La Saison 24 March 2018

This is a new event on the calendar.. originally a full two day regatta.. now converted to a one day medium distance race which I think hits the spot... Numbers would likely have been even higher if it was scheduled originally as such.. but well done to the organizers for reading the mood.
AS it turned out, a NW start but as soon as nearing Granger Bay, there were wind patches on the water... after two hours of sailing light fog came in.. and we could see that the wind had sucked away and realized that it would be at east an hour before any reasonable wind would come through, so retired from the race. As things would have it, the race organizers abandoned the race an hour later in any event. We still have a good day out. Aboard: Dale, Sieger, Cath, Antoinio, Mark and DeWalt.

Friday, March 16, 2018

WED NIGHT RACE 15 March 2018

Last race of the Wednesday night series... With what started out in a light rain with reduced visibility of around ten knots and once past the breakwater a lumpy sea.. and eventually wind reducing further.. coming back towards the end of the race... Yolo got a good start and managed to stay out of the fray... and worked her way windward watching the wind and trying to keep moving through the lighter patches... managing to get well ahead on line in her class to round the weather mark first.. and then managed to maintain this right through to the end resulting in a first in our class.. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Cath ,Arran, Antonio and Manda.

Monday, March 12, 2018

Double Handed Race -10 March 2018

With a light W- on the water... ranging between 5-12 knots.. with flat seas.. Start took place in good breeze with Yolo getting a reasonable start,  but after the breakwater lost our tacking back in, once around the weather mark(laid mark) a downwind to Milnerton... necessitating a few gybes with the kite as there were fluctuations and the breeze died in our lane.. with wind both sides which we could not get to... winds dropped to 5 knots for a while.. but started to fill in properly just before the leeward mark with a slow rounding while sorting out a tangled halyard.. and then beat back to the weather mark with the rest of the race in reasonable breeze on flat water.. In the end finishing second on corrected time. Aboard were: Dale and Ian.

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Wed Nite Race 7 March 2018

With typical Wednesday night conditions.. in fact probably less then what would be considered a normal Summer evenings sail... With a SE with a bit more South in it then normal as the seasons change.  But water was flat and the gusts were mainly in the Paarden Island Mark area... So in fact, it meant a good evening of sailing was to be had. 
Yolo got a good start, but lost a bit of ground on the downwind and fetch legs due to water line. Nice rounding at the lee and a good beat back up to weather mark and a beam reach to the finish where there were a few lighter wind areas which we had to sail through.. in the end scoring a second in our class... Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Arran, Antonio and Manda.