Monday, January 3, 2011

Express 27 Nationals 2008 - getting ready to start

Elise was out only the last day as we were just back from Pac Cup (well, the boat was) - it still had a lot of the offshore equipment on so it really wasn't very competitive but it was fun anyway!

Looks like day 2 was pretty windy, typical of the Nationals I would say. It helps to see why weight on the rail makes a difference in how competitive the boat can be. If you do not have that weight, the choice becomes either accepting to heel a lot more hence be slower or reducing your sail area, hence be slower. I guess that's not much of a choice ;-)

Relaxed way of crewing with one leg out! Oopsie

Courtesy of Ralph deeds who always come out for the Nationals and take awesome pictures

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