An interesting race

There was one interesting race during the Resin Regatta for us.

First we were fouled at the start by Libra coming on port with no one to go so we started after everyone else (El Raton was also fouled) - we decided not to protest and just carry on even though we had taken a hit.

At a windward mark and after a good upwind, we had caught up with some boats and we had to avoid Wile E Coyote (a small collision with Peaches) which we protested and they did a turn.

We rounded up (a spin sheet caught under one of the crew ankles prevented us from easing the spinnaker), recovered and we traded places with Wile E Coyote again at the leeward mark.

At the next windward mark, Wile E Coyote had a bad set which allowed us to get away.

They made a better current call and they caught us back at the leeward mark.

We passed them on the upwind and because of miscommunication between tactician and driver we did a stupid tack BELOW them instead of above them on the last upwind allowing them to pass us.

We recovered and drove the boat as hard and as fast as we could and we beat Wile E by 3/4 of a boat length, with a 3rd place in that race.