Saturday, March 5, 2011

Meebo Invitational - Team Elise writeup

Frank: downwind helm/main trim/upwind foredeck
Nat: downwind foredeck and upwind helm
Khuong: upwind trim
Mark; downwind trim
Matt; pit

The start
Nat: 'Matt, you're working pit, so you will be calling out times before the start'
Race Committee sounding several short blasts on the horn as a warning that the starting sequence will begin soon, and not saying that we are in sequence
Matt, 30 seconds later '4 min 30 seconds'

First mark rounding
Mark - hey, that yellow buoy right there on the left, could that be the mark?'
Ooopsie, we nearly missed it :)

Getting onto Alcatraz -
After the race, Nathan to Nat 'why did you go so far left? We stayed in the Alcatraz cone to stay away from the vicious ebb' (and it worked they caught up w/ us at Alcatraz)
Nat 'trying to minimize opportunities to mess things up, that is, only one gybe...

Rounding Alcatraz:
Frank: gybing now
He really meant 'I am heading upwind now'
Must have confused the hell out of Peaches!

Well done everyone! Nothing broke, no one got hurt and we got a trophy!

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