First off lets clear up last weekends result. 2nd, well pleased.Now for this weeks report and boy was it full of drama! Light winds blowing straight down the Haven, so the more experienced were readying spinnakers at the start. I, however have declared no spinnaker for this series, due mainly to my spinnaker man having other commitments at the moment.
The start went fairly well, but with the light winds we were loosing ground fast as we couldn't even get the genoa to fill so took the decision to pole it out opposite to the main. At last Jumbuck picked up speed and started to hold her own as the smallest yacht in the fleet. First mark was negotiated with out a hitch, on to the second. As we rounded the second mark a work boat passed to our port side, the following wake from it was nothing to concern me as it happens all the time in the Haven. On this occasion though the second wave caused the kicker mounting at the base of the mast to shear, with the whole kicker mechanism making a bid for freedom. Two half twists and a tucked pike later it cleared the guard wire and made a perfect entry into the Cleddau! ~*##***# was followed by some more #***#####. After some hastily improvisation with some spare sheet we lashed the boom down as best we could and decided to carry on racing. We struggled on the dead run down and lost a fair bit of time over the rest of the fleet, but I kept telling my crew we could make it up on the beat back up. This we did to some success but I still felt it wasn't enough. What a surprise we got in the clubhouse with another second place confirmed on adjusted time.
The start went fairly well, but with the light winds we were loosing ground fast as we couldn't even get the genoa to fill so took the decision to pole it out opposite to the main. At last Jumbuck picked up speed and started to hold her own as the smallest yacht in the fleet. First mark was negotiated with out a hitch, on to the second. As we rounded the second mark a work boat passed to our port side, the following wake from it was nothing to concern me as it happens all the time in the Haven. On this occasion though the second wave caused the kicker mounting at the base of the mast to shear, with the whole kicker mechanism making a bid for freedom. Two half twists and a tucked pike later it cleared the guard wire and made a perfect entry into the Cleddau! ~*##***# was followed by some more #***#####. After some hastily improvisation with some spare sheet we lashed the boom down as best we could and decided to carry on racing. We struggled on the dead run down and lost a fair bit of time over the rest of the fleet, but I kept telling my crew we could make it up on the beat back up. This we did to some success but I still felt it wasn't enough. What a surprise we got in the clubhouse with another second place confirmed on adjusted time.Please note all images in this blog Copyright BFG Media.
Next Saturday will see more on going maitanence and a new kicker being fitted ready for the third race. It's looking like my present crew member being unavailable and the two reserves are busy too so it's time to drag my 16 year old daughter back on board. Lets hope she brings good luck as last year we had a couple of firsts with her crewing for me!
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