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Trim50 · 04-29-2008, 12:54 AM

Well, the Newport to Ensenada was another bust this year. The weather liars predicted 25-30 knots of wind. When our class started the race, we had 2.5 knots and we drifted across the line. Seven hours later at around 8:20PM, we were only 35 miles from the start and that was only because we had 2 hours of sun downer winds. The rest of the time we struggled to keep the gennaker out of the water.

After grilling our rib-eyes, we packed the shout and motored to Catalina for an early morning T-time.

Lighthouse · 04-29-2008, 04:29 PM

But, did you get there ahead of "him"?

Trim50 · 04-29-2008, 06:10 PM

Nope...Jason's boat is less than half our displacement. In 2 knots of breeze we sat there watching him pull away. When we did have wind, we would make lots of ground on him but never enough to catch him. I would estimate that the average wind speed for the first 8 hours was only 4-5 knots...our gennaker needs 6 knots to stay full.

In light air, he can sail circles around us without a doubt and I'll have to live with the friendly bashing until we can get a club race on a windy day.

Voloce' on the horizon ahead of us.