Crew on
board : Sieger, Wilhelm, Antonio, Aaron and Ian ( as skipper).
The crew
gathered on Yolo, just back from her solo Cape to St Helena race, in which Dale
did very well to get a 4th place overall, in his solo entry.
We put the
racing black sail back on the boom at the club, before proceeding out to Table
Bay. The wind was averaging between 18 -30knts, though the wind speed indicator
only showed 9 – 11knts!
We used the
J4 upfront for good balance. We decided it was not worth it to enter the race,
as we had already missed all the proceeding races for the series. So we reached
off towards the Milnerton mark and sailed around, waiting for the big class 1
boats to arrive. And they did so in style. The powerful Cape Fling always
impresses at 25+ knots and the more pedestrian Nitro was not too bad either as she
screamed pass us. Not far behind three C31’s with Windpower hot on their heels.
After all
the gybe action at the Milnerton mark, we reached off to Granger Bay for some
more sedate sailing conditions. The dropped sails in the shelter of the V&
A mall, and headed back the RCYC mariner, for some after action beers and a
chat.
A great
evening on the water. Good to be back on board Yolo…
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