Hey everyone,
Just a quick note about last nights practice Beer Can Race. Despite the threat, the weather cleared up very nicely last night and we had a great first night out. Winds were 8–10 out of the NNW, Adrenaline had a good position on the fleet at the start, and hit the line with speed and clear air. As we played and tweaked the sails Sorcerer seemed to point a bit higher than us and have a tad more speed but we covered and held off most of the other boats in our section—including some of the larger, faster boats.
We rounded the first mark and Ryan made some great calls on tactics picking out the faster wind lanes. We tacked twice and hit the layline perfectly getting us up and around the Crib ahead of most of the boats in our section, and passing some in the section ahead of us.
We rounded the Crib and despite some spin pole fumbles the boat screamed along at 7.5knts in 9knts TWS. Again we tactically held off some of the larger boats in our section sailing hotter angles and crossed the finish line ahead of them.
We ended up missing first place in Spin 2 by 24 seconds behind, yes, Sorcerer! Not bad for the first night out.
Go team!
A big thanks to Zac and Lauren for bringing the beer and food!
Next Wednesday is the first official race. Boat call is 5:30pm—we leave the dock at 6pm sharp. Everyone should bring beer and food to share.
Don’t be late.
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