Richmond Summer Series: Race 11: Getting dark.

Racing in the Louis Vuitton 2010 was threatening to disrupt our racing so a few new courses were added to the racing. In the end we didn't use the new ones anyway. And the start time seemed to be different too. Its starting to get dark at night now - in two weeks time it will be very dark at the finish.

The Crew

John (Captain), Nicola, Tim and Emma.

Tim and Emma were going out after the race, so we had the pleasure of Emma's company. In fact she had to work - no free rides ;-) Sailing really takes it out of you - my bet is she goes to sleep in the car on the way home. Sitting in the clubhouse I felt like curling up then and there.

Course 3

No new course this week, but one that keeps the boats in close contact, with a loop from North Head to Bastion to Torpedo to North Head again, to Bastion, Resolution and home.

The Start

We noticed that the start seemed to be a little different in timing... and we had ourselves in a good posi and noticed the class flag still up. We circled around and the gun went - we were quite a way back, and then the wind died a bit and left us - getting a hurry up from the 930's who were next to start.

Progress

Once underway it was a reasonably straightforward race down the harbour with a little tide coming in. We had started at the tower end and so headed straight to Torpedo, while most of the others stayed up by Stanley Point out of the tide. Considering it was a wind warning in force on the harbour, we could have done with a bit more wind, and we tried to catch hold of the patchy wind drifting down the harbour with us.

The Result

We were beaten to the line by Blackstar who we have managed to beat home up to now. Good on them, considering they did do a bit of extra sailing up towards Rough Rock that they didn't need to - kind of sportsman-like in a way.



No joy at the clubhouse later either - besides a cold beer and a burger. I must say though - sailing is great... any day!!! Even if you sail slowly ;-)