The Spring Series Starts.

Well, last Sunday the 13th saw the first race of the spring series hosted by Neyland Yacht Club. A good fleet took to the waters for an 11 o'clock start and the course was announced over the radio. Start, No2 (P), Pennar Channel(S), Milford Middle(P), East Angle(P), Pennar Channel(P), Hazelbeach(S), Finish. The winds on the start were light and Jumbuck struggled to pick up speed amongst the larger yachts, but once clear air was found she started to heel over nicely. There were no real dramas with a new crew member on Genoa and we had a good little tussle with Picante and Hunters Moon, gaining on the beat but loosing out on the reach due to declaring no spinnaker for this series. Finishing in amongst the fleet I suspected we had done fairly well for first race of the year, and although still awaiting to see confirmation the rumour machine has reported back top three, maybe even first! Second race this coming Sunday, so hoping to confirm the position this weekend.