[Public-List] Second race of year for SURPRISE

[Gordon Laco]

Hi - 

The new one is not particularly flatter - but the draught is forward and it
stays there.

Have done nothing re cruising - better get cracking I guess.

G



> Gord,
>  
> Is your new sail cut more flat?  I suppose that I could have been quicker to
> ease the main.................but a good 'flushing' of the winches with sweet
> water does them good from time to time...........;-)
>  
> Hey, Gord any news for the Georgian Bay Albergs and cruising this summer
> season?
>  
> Michael
> 
> Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
> Thanks Michael - we certainly could have used the new main in the heavy air
> race you joined us for!
> 
> Gord
> 
> 
> 
>> Well done Gord, BRAVO!!
>> 
>> Gordon Laco wrote: Well, as an antidote to J's race -
>> here is a brief on ours...
>> 
>> Also due to a pile of business travel this spring, last night was SURPRISE's
>> second race of the year. Our performance with the new mainsail was again
>> startlingly good.
>> 
>> Air was 5-8 knots west softening as usual. We started in the usual cloud of
>> vermin (er Sharks, sorry) all of whom could point significantly higher than
>> us but for once were able to power out into safety. I watched the pair
>> below us nervously for some time but luckily they were preoccupied
>> tormenting each other and didn't press up under us. They could easily have
>> forced us to tack onto port which would have left us dodging under the
>> sterns of the rest of the fleet.
>> 
>> We reached the weather mark fourth and popped the spinnaker and ran back
>> down the course gybing once. The second beat was just like the first... We
>> took pains to keep away from luffing matches and relied on boatspeed rather
>> than pointing ability (which we don't have!) had a few bad moments on the
>> last leg in to the mark when we were headed badly but the usual torso
>> twisting and grunting did the trick and we made it up to it with a few feet
>> to spare.
>> 
>> Coming around the mark I realized we were still way up in our fleet...and
>> nobody from the larger boats in A fleet who started five minutes behind us,
>> was anywhere near yet. I started getting excited but was firmly told by my
>> crew that there was a lot of race left and I should shut up and drive.
>> 
>> We did one gybe on the last leg - the lads (my son Pete and his friend
>> Duncan) did it so perfectly that the image was the chute never moved, the
>> boat rotated under it. We over-took one boat and glided over the line...
>> The first A fleet boat was just under five minutes behind us. He was the
>> only one who would have beaten us if we had started with them.
>> 
>> Woke up this morning still glowing with satisfaction.
>> 
>> What a difference that new main has made!
>> 
>> Now, if only we had some A30's to race against up here....
>> 
>> Gord
>> #426 Surprise
>> 
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