Elise : Updated 3 bridge results

Crew: Nat, Scott

No change for us - we had a bad start (wrong side, had to fight an ebb in very light air, we lost some 15 min then) - the line was not restricted so we dipped it and went to Blackaller first, then Red Rock and finally TI.

Currents mainly drove our decisions.

We had some decent winds, we maintained a boat speed around 6 knots on average which was pretty good. In fact we had better boat speed and point with just the two of us than we had at the last midwinter with the entire crew.

Both of us remained engaged and focused, with our eyes on the prize. We took a wide turn around TI and we passed some 80 boats just with this maneuvre. I call it the 'Scott Maneuvre'.

Battle to the finish with Peaches on pure boat speed which we won, but not by much!!

If we hadn't had such a shitty start (my fault really) we would have been 6th in the fleet.

Like I said before I don't race just to win. I race to sail well. I'd rather lose in a competitive fleet by sailing very well, than win by sailing poorly. I think we sailed well on Saturday. We were really one with the boat, letting her tell us what worked for her and we just followed. We had a strategy which made sense, we made a couple of tactical calls. One that worked, one that didn't. We anticipated wind holes, looked around to pick good spots to be and overall worked well as a team. The boat felt good except for a couple of times.

We made quick adjustments to sail trim and she was off again. We were pointing extremely well, sometimes better than most boats around us, yet we were not sacrificing boat speed.

It was a very pleasant day out there. Flat water. Light but steady wind except in the TI parking lot and at the start (our luck...), warm day. Everything was so perfect.

I feel very lucky.

13 - Double Handed Express 27

Pursuit

Start Time: 01/28/12 at 09:00:00

Fleet:

Started:

Sail #

Boat Name

Skipper

Rating

Finish Time

Corrected Time

Place

Club

Make

Comments

usa116

WITCHY WOMAN

Tom Jenkins / Eric Kownacki

129

14:51:50

morro bay

Express 27

28050

EL RATON

Ray Lotto / Steve Carroll

129