We raced Saturday only...DFL, not far from the previous three boats...
and it's all about Nat's driving really. It took a good third of the upwind leg to find the right groove(s), between the backstay, the traveler, the main sheet, the outhaul and the cunningham...once she found it, the boat was doing some really nice 6.4 / 6.6 knots over water...but before then, it was 6 knots...or half a knot less than the other boats in the fleet. We made up some ground but not enough to get in front of other boats...
There were some constant adjustments of course because the wind speed kept changing, but for any given wind speed, Nat finally got the hang of things and managed to get the boat going.
Really nice crew work.
Was fun though - and we mourn a winch handle which disappeared in the glory of a tack.
It felt good to be back on the water. Really good and fast downwind. I feel that I just need to sail her again upwind, and get back into this groove much much faster. This isn't going to be winning form if I keep it up! Weather conditions were awesome. There was wind in the delta, a good 14-15 knots around Bonita and the usual 20 gusting 25 knots near the bridge in the slot. The fog lifted up toward lunch and it was just a beautiful summer day out there. Nice and warm. Just gorgeous to be out there.
Believe it or not, I forgot my camera...
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