Crew was john russ. We launched at 1015am. Wind wasnt much, we managed to go around the course and sort out our tactics for the race. We did learn not to tack to early coming off 4 as we got tangled with the mark going under the bridle !!. We did try to free it our self, looking as we were not going too, i called swan 4 on the radio, by that time we had cleared the mark.
mike chem said "how did could you not miss it, its big enough". we laughed and carried on.
For the race we worked out that we had to tack after only a few hundred metres up the course as the mark was off to the right side of the course!! we did this and rounded in 2nd place. The groome spitfire was in 1st and then all the 18's behind us. We followed as long as we could and even made up some ground going from 2-3. however on one leg we fell behind badly. We sorted our way thru the mono's and tried to limit our losses to Mark. we did a few different things down wind seeing if it would work.We finished glad that we had a good sail and the weather was really hot. No other incidents and rudders were ok. Mutley behaved for once or was it that the helm sailed as he should do !!
arrived at swanage the following saturday to check the results and had a surprise when i seen the results. john and i got 2nd place in the last race of the spring series and 5th overall in the series. a good start to the 2009 season.
Sunday 31 May 2009
coronation cup 30th may
In the morning sailed with david holmes on 048 hurricane, praticed going out on the wire. wind had died down from what it had been. 30 mins sailing
RACE
safety team duty team 4
wind was south easterly 9knts
RACE
safety team duty team 4
wind was south easterly 9knts
Sunday 24 May 2009
Saturday 23 May 2009
commadores cup 23rd may
a nice summers day and an easterly wind.
in the morning i finally sorted the downhaul return bungy that leads back tru the main beam. however after setting it up it now needs adjusting.
greg was down at the club and said you doing the pevril today its your fav race. my heart sank and i threatened to pack the boat up. the course was set and we only had to go around the windward mark then pevril then around the triangle and then 3 sausages. thats ok providing there is some wind. we launched 45 mins early and john was out on the wire again. we waited for the race and when it started the wind dropped completly. we rounded one in 3rd and headed toward the ledge.
we never ever got there. after an hour tim page abandoned the race. we decided a few secounds before it was that we were going to anyway.
nice day froa suntan but that about all.
the rudder problem from 2 weeks ago is now sorted and seemed ok.
a month to go to the big race, cant wait but need some pratice in the mean time!!!
in the morning i finally sorted the downhaul return bungy that leads back tru the main beam. however after setting it up it now needs adjusting.
greg was down at the club and said you doing the pevril today its your fav race. my heart sank and i threatened to pack the boat up. the course was set and we only had to go around the windward mark then pevril then around the triangle and then 3 sausages. thats ok providing there is some wind. we launched 45 mins early and john was out on the wire again. we waited for the race and when it started the wind dropped completly. we rounded one in 3rd and headed toward the ledge.
we never ever got there. after an hour tim page abandoned the race. we decided a few secounds before it was that we were going to anyway.
nice day froa suntan but that about all.
the rudder problem from 2 weeks ago is now sorted and seemed ok.
a month to go to the big race, cant wait but need some pratice in the mean time!!!
Friday 22 May 2009
spring series7
SUNDAY 17TH May 2009
did not travel due to strong south westerly's on saturday and sunday
crew John Russ
did not travel due to strong south westerly's on saturday and sunday
crew John Russ
Monday 11 May 2009
spring series 6
my crew for today was john russ.
we launched very early so john could get some pratice. we praticed some trapezing and general moves so john and myself were in tune for the race. we had roughly an extra hour prior to the race.
when the race started we were on our own half way down the very long line, we had to dodge the mono's as usual.
with john out on the wire from the very start we made good progress but not as good as the groome and chem spitfire. we rounded behind adrian(d15) we then overtook on what was a fetch rather than a reach to 2 and then down wind to 3. the wind wasnt very good at all. everything seemed very slow. it was a nice sunny day with the occasional good bit of wind.
we could see we werent doing well because martin and greg were catching us.
my rudders made the steering really heavy and i suspect they were out of adjustment from 2 weeks earlier, one rudder arm was sitting lower then the other, the boat kept heading upto wind and i was constantly pulling on the tiller. so with this affecting the boat speed for sure we just had to finnish. The wind died as well on the last lap and we just made it across the line.
we made our way back to shore relieved the race was over. my arms were like popeye's
the whole race and pratice was captured on my new v.i.o. POV.1.5 all singing and dancing rugged waterproof bullet cam.
i recorded 2.5 hrs of sailing and some clips will be on youtube soon
when i got home and looked at the rudder it was out of adjustment and one of the bushes was loose so there was movement in the arm. hopefully it was adjusted correctly and will be ok for the next race.
we launched very early so john could get some pratice. we praticed some trapezing and general moves so john and myself were in tune for the race. we had roughly an extra hour prior to the race.
when the race started we were on our own half way down the very long line, we had to dodge the mono's as usual.
with john out on the wire from the very start we made good progress but not as good as the groome and chem spitfire. we rounded behind adrian(d15) we then overtook on what was a fetch rather than a reach to 2 and then down wind to 3. the wind wasnt very good at all. everything seemed very slow. it was a nice sunny day with the occasional good bit of wind.
we could see we werent doing well because martin and greg were catching us.
my rudders made the steering really heavy and i suspect they were out of adjustment from 2 weeks earlier, one rudder arm was sitting lower then the other, the boat kept heading upto wind and i was constantly pulling on the tiller. so with this affecting the boat speed for sure we just had to finnish. The wind died as well on the last lap and we just made it across the line.
we made our way back to shore relieved the race was over. my arms were like popeye's
the whole race and pratice was captured on my new v.i.o. POV.1.5 all singing and dancing rugged waterproof bullet cam.
i recorded 2.5 hrs of sailing and some clips will be on youtube soon
when i got home and looked at the rudder it was out of adjustment and one of the bushes was loose so there was movement in the arm. hopefully it was adjusted correctly and will be ok for the next race.
Sunday 3 May 2009
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