Our first outing in a Winter Series for Richmond, Sam and I took to the Waitemata Harbour for a days sailing. Also the first outing of the new headsail.
The Crew
John (Captain), Sam - just the two of us.Course 15
M-A-B-J-K-X From the start line to Flax Point Buoy (S), Bean Rock Buoy (S),Torpedo Buoy (P), Resolution Buoy (S), Bayswater Buoy (P),to finish line. 12.5 NM. That is we are K and not E this series, with a purple flag. I got the flag right... We sailed another course.The Start
We headed up the harbour to have a few practice tacks and gybes as there were just the two of us, and Sam has not had a lot of time on the boat sailing. All good, and a bit of a routine seemed to be coming together. Then the boom just swung away - the mainsheet block had come away from the traveller. The shackle on the block had let go, and so with 8 mins left to the line, we had no main... I did have another block downstairs, which I salvaged the shackle from, and managed to refit it while underway - head-to-wind. We arrived at the line a few seconds after the gun - actually not bad after all.Progress
Heading down the harbour in flukey breeze, we decided we needed to pole out the headsail. Having got that up finally, the wind went southerly and I had to drop it, and we didn't need it again. We were progressing down the harbour, but labouring under the impression that we were in division E no-extras when in fact we were in division K no-extras. So we sailed the incorrect course. I radioed to the tower to confirm the course number - "affirmative" was the reply - at least we had the number right.Result
Noticing that the other boats in our division were not to be seen, I got the website up on my phone and established that we were indeed on the incorrect course, and so we radioed in to the tower and pulled out. Hence the DNF. Better to be sailing on a beautiful day in Auckland than not at all ;-)Cheers, johnhs
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