R3: No wind at all

Yep, no wind to send us around the course until far too late, we didn't make it to the first mark - however nor did 7 out of 10 in our division - no-extras.



Hope for a better breeze next race!

cheers, johnhs

R2: Nicola is back!

Wind, wind, wind - a lovely evening breeze that didn't die out! And while we had lost Dave for the evening celebrating somewhere in Auckland, we had gained trimmer, statistician and photographer - Nicola.

The Crew

John (Captain), Mark, Ian, Nick and Nicola. 2 Nicks causing chaos :-)

Course 13

From the start line to Rough Rock Buoy (S), Northern Leading Buoy (S), Resolution Buoy (S), to the finish line. 10.3. There was an incoming tide but nowhere as strong as last race, and a SW wind.

The Start

Hit the start with some speed and tried to stay in touch. A very enjoyable reach down the harbour - still getting to grips with car positions for the new headsail.

Progress

The wind didn't die so we had no worries about getting back before 9:00PM cut-off - although it was very dark again by the time we reached the Harbour Bridge. We made all our marks well, even though we had to tack towards Resolution a bit earlier than we would have wanted because of a give-way situation - we were on port tack..

A good night to be on the water!

Result

2nd on handicap - thankyou wind ;-) and thank you Nicola!

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Cheers, johnhs

R1: Kicking off the Summer Series

The wind wasn't looking to good - very light - as we headed out. A beautiful evening, we arrived back in the dark.

The Crew

John (Captain), Dave, Ian, Nick and Mark.

Course 8

From the start line to Rough Rock Buoy (S), Bean Rock Buoy (S), Resolution Buoy (S), to the finish line. 9.3NM. The tide was very strong, however coming in, rather than holding us out - although Rough Rock Buoy was a slow grind against the tide.

The Start

Not a bad start, but slow... we could have been 30s better at the start. Actually there seemed to be some wind around the start area, and that died out as we headed down towards Devonport.

Progress

We thought we were doing OK, but around North Head we struggled to make progress, and as can be seen from the track, the tide was having quite an effect, pushing us back up the harbour.

Going around Bean Rock Buoy we were completely in the dark and had sailed a way past before being able to spot it in the torch beam.

Result

Touch and go with the return trip, but ended OK - under the 9:00 cutoff by 10 minutes.
{Forgot... I won a beanie and Ian won some CRC cleaning proucts]

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Cheers, johnhs