Friday, August 8, 2008

Another close race on day 7

Woke up this morning to a gray overcast day and a light rain. We were the second class to start, so had to be on the water by 0920 for a 1020 royal yacht squadron start. There was a lot of close maneuvering at the start, but we came out 1st and led the way up the shore. Unfortunately a bad asymmetric spinnaker call on a leg that was just slightly too tight meant we dropped 7 places, which we struggled to make back up. It was a very short race, at just under 2 hours, which didn't help us, and we crossed the line in third place behind Incognito and Amey Love Shack, just too far behind to beat then on corrected time. This gives us 18 points overall going into the last race, and a guaranteed 2nd place.

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